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The Armadillo by Leopoldo Méndez — VisualArtsDB

The Armadillo

The Armadillo

Leopoldo Méndez

1944

Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: 7 × 13.2 cm (2 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Genre: wood engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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wood engravingprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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