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Ideal Head

Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1882
Dimensions: 14 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. (36 x 34.5 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "18 V 82"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 47.75
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
Image: Overall, 47.75_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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