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From a distance, this motif may appear to be a simple wavy stripe, but up close a school of tropical fish appear. This print was featured on a pair of men's shorts in a likely Lilly Pulitzer advertisement in a 1974 issue of Vogue.
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In overall good condition and ready to hang. Please note that these original watercolors became designs used in print-making and may contain holes, notations and/or other interesting marks. With scattered areas of minor surface staining throughout. With rough cut left and lower edges. With scattered tape and tape remains to the extreme edges. With a 21⁄2 in. tear to lower left corner repaired with tape. The paper with scattered registration pinholes throughout. With vertical median line in ballpoint pen and scattered horizontal lines in graphite tracing the profiles of painted forms.