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Water Works Philadelphia by Joseph Pennell — VisualArtsDB

Water Works Philadelphia

Water Works Philadelphia

1912

Medium: Black litho crayon with scraping, heightened with traces of white pencil, on textured cream wove paper
Dimensions: 55.3 × 42.7 cm (21 13/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Genre: crayon
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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