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    The Houses Rose a Clutter of Fantastic Eaves Crowned by the Swirling Roof of a Joss-House, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1953, painter.
    Title: 
    The Houses Rose a Clutter of Fantastic Eaves Crowned by the Swirling Roof of a Joss-House, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1942.
    Medium: 
    Pastel on paper.
    Dimensions: 
    11 x 10 in.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Asia and the Americas
    Literature -- Buck -- Postwar China and the United States
    Object Type: 
    Illustration
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806 Accession Number: 77-367
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Kimmell, William & Dorothy L., 1977.
    Remarks: 
    Illustration for Postwar China and the United States by Pearl S. Buck published in Asia and the Americas, Nov. 1943.
    References: 
    "American Illustration: The Collection of the Delaware Art Museum," Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1991, pg. 133.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 08080810
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