Sunrise

Sunset

A 30-second online art project:

Peter Burr, Sunshine Monument

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1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 13, 1948–Jan 2, 1949

View the full exhibition catalogue at the Internet Archive.



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