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May Before the Storm Still Human, from Lilacs and Smoke by Nicholas Africano — VisualArtsDB

May Before the Storm Still Human, from Lilacs and Smoke

May Before the Storm Still Human, from Lilacs and Smoke

Nicholas Africano

1990

Medium: Color lithograph on white Japanese wove paper
Dimensions: 40 × 48.5 cm (15 3/4 × 19 1/8 in.)
Genre: Lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph

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