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- Josef Herman 1911–2000
- Title
- ‘Scrubbing the Floor’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 205 × 267 mm
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to the Archive by Josef Herman, March 1983.
- Reference
- TGA 835/15
Archive context
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