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Dear Moon, You Go So Quietly through the Evening Clouds!

Anonymous, German, 20th century German

ca.1917

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Dear Moon, You Go So Quietly through the Evening Clouds!, Anonymous, German, 20th century, Color lithograph — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Dear Moon, You Go So Quietly through the Evening Clouds!

Artist: Anonymous, German, 20th century

Date: ca.1917

Medium: Color lithograph

Dimensions: Sheet: 4 × 6 in. (10.2 × 15.2 cm)

Classification: Postcards

Credit Line: Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive. Promised gift, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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