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Maker(s):Kappes, Alfred
Culture:American (1850 - 1894)
Title:Is This Life Worth Living?
Date Made:1882
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Place Made:United States
Measurements:stretcher: 22 in x 30 in; 55.9 cm x 76.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature and date in black oil at lower left: Kappes 82
Accession Number:  SC 2014.44
Credit Line:Purchased with the Kathleen Compton Sherrerd, class of 1954, Acquisition Fund for American Art
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
exhausted old woman seated on stone floor near bucket of coalss, holding a coal rake in her hand, wearing a dirty white apron, old boots, gray socks, dark dress, red shawl and cap

Subjects:
Canvas

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