Art Reads
In Collaboration with the DAI
Art Reads
In Collaboration with the DAI
Now on Display at the Dayton Art Institute:
Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled - On Display at DAI March 15 - June 8
DML Librarians have created booklists related to special exhibitions at the DAI, opens a new window. You can explore them below or learn more about this collaboration here.
Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) Bean Boots, 1985,Oil on panel 37 x 50 in. Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Gift of the Cawley Family, 2001.29.1
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