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Carrying the Dead by Leopoldo Méndez — VisualArtsDB

Carrying the Dead

Carrying the Dead

Leopoldo Méndez

1944

Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: 9 × 13 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Genre: wood engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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wood engravingprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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