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Spring in Illinois
Frances Badger (1904 - 1997)

tempera on illustration board, circa 1936
10 1/4 x 38 1/2 inches
Gift of the Artist

This painting is a study for a mural that Badger painted in the Audy Juvenile Home in Chicago, and a companion piece to Autumn in Illinois.

Tempera is an opaque water-based paint that consists of powdered pigments mixed with a binder.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1983.19.2

<i>Spring in Illinois</i><br>Frances Badger (1904 - 1997)

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