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Awaiting Counter Attack by the Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua by Susan Meiselas — VisualArtsDB

Awaiting Counter Attack by the Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Awaiting Counter Attack by the Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua

1978

Medium: Silver dye-bleach print
Dimensions: Image: 32.7 × 49.7 cm (12 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Genre: silver-dye bleach print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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