Bennie Maupin (w/The DePriest Project)

Published 02/12/2013 | By c3support

Framed: 14 1/4″ x 17 1/4″

This is the artwork of African American artist Philemon Reid of Vancouver Washington

Private Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Goldman of Vancouver Washington

Posted in Drawings

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