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Messenger #1 by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen — VisualArtsDB

Messenger #1

Messenger #1

Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

1990

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 101.1 × 75.6 cm (39 13/16 × 29 13/16 in.); Paper: 122 × 95.8 cm (48 1/16 × 37 3/4 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographygelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographphotographic processphotographic paper

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