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Formation of the Monsters

Formation of the Monsters

1937

Medium: Pen and black ink on pink laid paper
Dimensions: 25.6 × 16.7 cm (10 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingSurrealismcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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