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John Wellborn Root

World's Columbian Exposition Fine Arts Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

c. 1890–1891
Watercolor over graphite on paper, mounted on linen
55.6 × 116.3 cm (21.9 × 45.8 in)

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