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17:21 10/16/2008

I like how this is tagged "man" when the title is Centauress. Without her facing forward--how else would we know, after all?

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Centauress

Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835-1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1887
Dimensions: 41 15/16 x 35 1/4 in. (106.6 x 89.5 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "John La Farge / 1887"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 11.511
Credit Line: Augustus Graham School of Design Fund
Image: Overall, 11.511_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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17:21 10/16/2008

I like how this is tagged "man" when the title is Centauress. Without her facing forward--how else would we know, after all?

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