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The Bat by Leopoldo Méndez — VisualArtsDB

The Bat

The Bat

Leopoldo Méndez

1944

Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 1 × 13 cm (7/16 × 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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