Polaroid photograph of a work on canvas on an easel by Donna Summer

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A color Polaroid photograph of a painting on an easel by Donna Summer, taken by Donna Summer. The image is centered on an abstract portrait of a Native American man in regalia, sitting on an easel. The man is shown in bust pose on the right of the portrait, with his head turned towards his proper right shoulder. He is wearing white regalia with blue and gold detailing on the sleeves and collars, as well as a war bonnet with yellow and white feathers and blue and red ribbons framing his face. The man is painted against a red, black, and white striped background at the top and a yellow background at the bottom. The painting is resting against a thin white board. The portrait, and the wooden easel it is sitting on, partially obscures another painting resting on the floor behind it.

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