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TEMPERA MARGARET PETERSON ABSTRACTED HUMAN FIGURE

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TEMPERA MARGARET PETERSON ABSTRACTED HUMAN FIGURE
TEMPERA ON PANEL 48'' x 32'', Margaret Peterson (1902-1997), CA. Abstracted Human Figure. Signed and dated '49 lower left. Partial paper label from the San Francisco Museum of Art on the verso. Nail holes apparent on all corners and along right side. Some surface dirt as seen. Placed in a wood frame, as seen. A professor at UC Berkeley for over 22 years (where in 1950 she resigned during the infamous ''oath controversy''), Peterson was a Northwest native whose abstract style was influenced both by Northwest Indian art as well as the cubist style of Picasso. More info. in the white binder.