Wilma Tronstad - b. 1946 - Western Artist

Too Much Temptation

By: Wilma Tronstad

Oil on Canvas - 1984

18 X 24 - Framed Approximately 23 X 29

Wilma Tronstad

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"art west" - art of the west and western heritage

Vol. IV. Issue 4, May/June 1981, Page 12

ART WEST, INC., Bozeman, MT

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