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The Poor Lovers, New York by Irving Penn — VisualArtsDB

The Poor Lovers, New York

The Poor Lovers, New York

1979

Medium: Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions: Image: 56 × 34.4 cm (22 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 61 × 40.9 cm (24 1/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Genre: platinum/palladium print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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skullsskeletonsphotographyplatinum/palladium printVanitas (still lifes)photographphotographic process

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