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Great Walls: Walls of Steel Scraping the Sky

A work made of oil on canvas.

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

1920

Artist:

Frederic Clay Bartlett
American, 1873–1953

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Frederic Clay Bartlett

Title

Great Walls: Walls of Steel Scraping the Sky

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1920

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

365.8 × 350.6 cm (144 × 138 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frederic Clay Bartlett

Reference Number

1921.106.1

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