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Steel Mill, Gary, Indiana by David Plowden — VisualArtsDB

Steel Mill, Gary, Indiana

Steel Mill, Gary, Indiana

1973

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 26.7 × 31.1 cm (10 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.2 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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