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Vanilla Nightmares #2 by Adrian Piper — VisualArtsDB

Vanilla Nightmares #2

Vanilla Nightmares #2

1986

Medium: Charcoal and red crayon, with erasing, on tan wove paper (newsprint)
Dimensions: 60 × 70.3 cm (23 5/8 × 27 11/16 in.)
Genre: Charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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erasingdrawings (visual works)African Americanplant materialnudesprints and drawingnewspapersportraits: African American subjectcrayonspaper (fiber product)Newsprintcharcoal

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