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Life Story

1939

Carroll Cloar

Associated Names

Carroll Cloar

Artist, American, 1913 - 1993

Will Barnet

Printer, American, 1911 - 2012

This is a drawing depicting a pastoral scene. In the foreground, there is an oval frame containing a portrait of a man in 19th-century attire. Next to the frame are an open book and a monocle on a chain. In the background, there is a landscape with agricultural fields, two horse-drawn wagons, and a geometric mound of earth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

Image: 358 x 272 mm
Sheet: 425 x 338 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.1256
Catalogue Raisonné

Cloar #5

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Life Story; lower right: Carroll Cloar

Wikidata ID

Q76550294

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