- FREDERIC JAMES "JASPER CAFE, WILLIAMSBURG,
MO" (PENCIL)Frederic James
(Missouri, 1915-1985)
Jasper Cafe, Williamsburg, MO , circa 1960
Pencil on paper
13 1/4" x 21 1/2" (sight)
Several of the figures featured in the...
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