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Study for Agony

Study for Agony

1947

Medium: Pen and black ink, and brush and black wash (recto) and brush and black ink wash and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 34.2 × 25.3 cm (13 1/2 × 10 in.)
Genre: ink or chalk wash
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkwashink or chalk washprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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