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A woman stands on a hill overlooking a bay with two boats under sail.
By the Water's Edge
A woman stands on a hill overlooking a bay with two boats under sail.
A woman stands on a hill overlooking a bay with two boats under sail.
By the Water's Edge, Gifford Beal, 1922, gouache, ink and wash on cream wove paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

By the Water's Edge

Artist (American, 1879 - 1956)
Date1922
Mediumgouache, ink and wash on cream wove paper
DimensionsCanvas: 6 3/4 × 12 3/16 inches (17.1 × 31 cm)
Framed: 15 1/2 × 19 × 7/8 inches (39.4 × 48.3 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1926.71
On View
Not on view
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