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Dry Pipes, from the series "Men Only" by Sabelo Mlangeni — VisualArtsDB

Dry Pipes, from the series "Men Only"

Dry Pipes, from the series "Men Only"

Sabelo Mlangeni

2008

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 23.2 × 35.1 cm (9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Paper: 26 × 37.9 cm (10 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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