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Cacti

Cacti

1965

Medium: Graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 19.7 × 22.3 cm (7 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)wove paper

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