Cigar Box
20th century
Artists
Dimensions
22.9 x 38.1 x 27.9 cm (9 x 15 x 11 in.)
Provenance
Paul J. Sachs Gift (?) to John P. Coolidge. Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.
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