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Maker(s):Russell, Gordon
Culture:American (1892 - 1980)
Title:The Biedermeier Bird Box
Date Made:1970
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on pre-primed linen
Place Made:United States
Measurements:stretcher: 13 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.; 34.29 x 47.3075 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1972.34
Credit Line:Gift of Priscilla Cunningham, class of 1958, in memory of Oliver and Ruth Larkin
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
birds dressed as man and woman, one in top had, the other in robe and lace cap, sitting at a table set for tea next to a bed with eggs and an elaborate canopy in a small crowded room; interior; furniture; domestic life; allegory; bird

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