PaintingsAmerican19th-20th century
Imaginative Composition
19th-20th century
Artists
Kanji NakamuraArtist
Dimensions
74.6 cm (29 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Presumably gift of the artist to Denman W. Ross; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.
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