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Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann's Battle by Anselm Kiefer — VisualArtsDB

Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann's Battle

Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann's Battle

1980

Medium: Woodcut with additions in acrylic and shellac on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 344.8 × 528.3 cm (135 3/4 × 208 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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acrylic paintpaintprintingshellacvarnishprintprints and drawingwoodcut (process)spirit varnishwoodcutcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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