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Pair of Teacups by Sargent Claude Johnson

Pair of Teacups

Sargent Claude Johnson · 1941

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DETAILS
Artist
Sargent Claude Johnson
Date
1941
Medium
Earthenware and glaze
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Each; irregular: 7 × 10 × 6.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Collection
Arts of the Americas
Culture
San Francisco
Credit line
Roger and J. Peter McCormick Endowment Fund
ART MOVEMENTS
Harlem Renaissance
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