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Paul Cadmus

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice

1949

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Egg tempera on cardboard
Dimensions
24 × 11 7/8 in. (61 × 30.2 cm)
Collection no.
1993.87.6
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice — Paul Cadmus. 1949.

Medium: Egg tempera on cardboard. Dimensions: 24 × 11 7/8 in. (61 × 30.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1993.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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