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McLean, Virginia, from the series "American Prospects" by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

McLean, Virginia, from the series "American Prospects"

McLean, Virginia, from the series "American Prospects"

1978

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 37.7 × 48.7 cm (14 7/8 × 19 3/16 in.); Paper: 41.8 × 53.7 cm (16 1/2 × 21 3/16 in.)
Genre: chromogenic color print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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