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Building The Cofferdam

A work made of oil on canvas.

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

c. 1914

Artist:

Walter Elmer Schofield (American, 1866–1944)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Walter Elmer Schofield

Title

Building The Cofferdam

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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c. 1914

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Signed recto, bottom-right, on snow, in brown pigment: "Schofield.".

Dimensions

127 × 152.4 cm (50 × 60 in.)

Credit Line

Friends of American Art Collection

Reference Number

1914.821

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