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Surreal depiction of a landscape with a barren tree, brick wall, wooden beams, and jagged mount…
Melancholia
Surreal depiction of a landscape with a barren tree, brick wall, wooden beams, and jagged mountains under a dark sky.

Melancholia

Artist Edwin Holm (American, 1891 - 1955)
Datecirca 1939
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPainting
DimensionsObject Size HxWxD: 36 1/4 × 30 in.
Credit LineGift of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Object number1943.701
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