Sea and Cliffs — Auguste Renoir

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Artist: Auguste Renoir
Date: 1880
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 25 in. (51.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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