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A Stranger Passes By by William Steig — VisualArtsDB

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A Stranger Passes By

A Stranger Passes By

A Stranger Passes By

1979

Medium: Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 25.5 × 33.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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pen and ink drawingsprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)

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