Tragic Balance of Destiny

Artist Margaret Tomkins American, 1916–2002

Date1945

MediumEgg tempera and ink on paper mounted on Masonite panel

Dimensions13 1/4 x 17 in. (33.7 x 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee

Object number83.10

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Seattle, 1945; collection of the artist; sold by artist to Dr. Sherman E. Lee, before 1952; given to NCMA, 1983.

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