George Prentiss Kendrick

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George Prentiss Kendrick was an American artist, currently in the collections by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of American History, Dallas Museum of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Minneapolis Institute of Art art museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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