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The Breaker Boys

Maker (American, 1867 - 1933)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1925
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions50 x 60 in. (127 x 152.4 cm.)
SignedSigned in lower left of recto in brown paint: George Luks
InscribedSigned in lower left of recto in brown paint: George Luks
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council, the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation Acquisition Fund for American Art, Olin and Ann Barrett, Chris Benter, Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch, Maribeth and Hal Borthwick, Caron and Steve Broidy, Lois and Robert Erburu, Hannah and Russel Kully, Tom and Jeri Mitchell, Harlyne Norris, Margaret Richards, Anne and Jim Rothenberg, and Ruth B. Shannon. Gift Mr. Theodore C. Coleman, Estate of James C. McCormick III, in memory of James Campbell McCormick, Jr. and Bessie Specht McCormick, and Doris and Mike Simon, by exchange.
Status
On view
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