''Spring Scattering Stars'' is a 1927 painting by American artist

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. It is an

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of spring in which a female nude representing spring stands on a

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, scattering stars throughout the sky. The painting is catalogued in the Robert Funk Inventory. ''Spring Scattering Stars'' appeared on the

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after being acquired from the estate of Charles Martignette and is now in a private collection.

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