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Painting (possibly gouache or watercolor) depicting a stylized man with an oversized mustache holding an unknown object, possibly a flute or magic wand. Attached note at left border is inscribed in German.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
paper (fiber product)
ink
paint (coating)
Picture
[German text] (Message describes that artist, ten years old, gives uncle Gropius a "birthday magician")
Hess, Christel (Artist)
11 12/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.54.103
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