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Roll Top Desk, Old Boston City Hall by William Clift — VisualArtsDB

Roll Top Desk, Old Boston City Hall

Roll Top Desk, Old Boston City Hall

1970

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 24.3 × 18.8 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.); Paper: 25 × 19.8 cm (9 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Mount: 48 × 37.9 cm (18 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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