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Troy, New York, from the series "American Prospects" by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

Troy, New York, from the series "American Prospects"

Troy, New York, from the series "American Prospects"

1983

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 34.4 × 43.2 cm (13 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.7 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Genre: photographic process
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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