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Shoulders by Martin Puryear — VisualArtsDB

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Shoulders

Shoulders

Shoulders

2002

Medium: Soft ground etching on cream Japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions: Image/plate: 45.1 × 60.6 cm (17 13/16 × 23 7/8 in.); Sheet: 73 × 85.6 cm (28 3/4 × 33 3/4 in.)
Genre: Prints and drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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japanese paperink21st Centuryprintprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)

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