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Doves and Dreams is organised in partnership with the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow

27 January - 22 April 2007

'Man Makes the Beads of Life but Woman Must Thread Them', after 1911, Frances MacDonald McNair

Fantastical scene with naked central female figure with naked male figure to her left

Pencil and watercolour
s.b.r.: ‘FRANCES MACNAIR’
35.2 x 29.8 (13 5/8 x 11 15/16)

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