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Shadows-Burdens-Light by John J. A. Murphy — VisualArtsDB

Shadows-Burdens-Light

Shadows-Burdens-Light

John J. A. Murphy

1921

Medium: Wood engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image/block: 13.3 × 10 cm (5 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 15.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Genre: Wood engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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