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For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.

Oil on canvas
1911
34 × 25 in. (86.4 × 63.5 cm)
SUPP2000.653
Private collection
Not on view
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