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Photographic process
Alex

Alex

Alex

1987

Medium: Polaroid photograph mounted on aluminum
Dimensions: Image, approx: 69.5 × 54.5 cm (27 3/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Paper/mount, approx: 79 × 54.5 cm (31 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Genre: Photographic process
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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