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Nelson Algren Amuses a New Friend by Art Shay — VisualArtsDB

Nelson Algren Amuses a New Friend

Nelson Algren Amuses a New Friend

1949

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 25 × 34.6 cm (9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.2 × 35.5 cm (10 3/4 × 14 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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