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Sauvies Island, Oregon, from the series "American Prospects" by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

Sauvies Island, Oregon, from the series "American Prospects"

Sauvies Island, Oregon, from the series "American Prospects"

1979

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 40.4 × 50.9 cm (15 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.); Paper: 50.7 × 60.9 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Genre: chromogenic color print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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