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Shellfish by Jacques Villon — VisualArtsDB

Shellfish

Shellfish

1932

Medium: Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 14.2 × 20.6 cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 45 cm (13 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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