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Wie sie so sanft ruhn (How they rest so gently), Aus der Folge "Sieben Lieder und Landschaften der Andacht" (from the series "Seven Songs and Landscapes of Devotion")
Wie sie so sanft ruhn (How they rest so gently), Aus der Folge "Sieben Lieder und Landschaften der Andacht" (from the series "Seven Songs and Landscapes of Devotion")
Object number2018.4.2

Wie sie so sanft ruhn (How they rest so gently), Aus der Folge "Sieben Lieder und Landschaften der Andacht" (from the series "Seven Songs and Landscapes of Devotion")

Date1929
Artist (German, 1897 - 1961)
CultureGerman
MediumBlack ink on board
DimensionsSheet: 17 5/8 × 11 15/16 in. (44.8 × 30.3 cm)
Image: 17 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. (44.8 × 29.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Suzette Morton Davidson, class of 1934, Fund
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
Vassar Exhibitions
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