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Portage Glacier, Alaska, from the series "American Prospects" by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

Portage Glacier, Alaska, from the series "American Prospects"

Portage Glacier, Alaska, from the series "American Prospects"

1984

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 34 × 43.5 cm (13 7/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Genre: chromogenic color print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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