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FRANCES HOWCROFT DEMBS, Rochester NY, W/c "FANTASY REALISM" Surrealism

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FRANCES HOWCROFT DEMBS, Rochester NY, W/c "FANTASY REALISM" Surrealism

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FRANCES HOWCROFT DEMBS, Rochester NY, W/c "FANTASY REALISM" Surrealism. Signed Fran Dembs, Biography on verso.

size: 29 x 21.25 matte, 36.25 x 28.25 outside frame

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FRANCES HOWCROFT DEMBS, Rochester NY, W/c "FANTASY REALISM" Surrealism

Name: FRANCES HOWCROFT DEMBS, Rochester NY, W/c \"FANTASY REALISM\" Surrealism
SKU: 126412280
Price: 20 USD
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