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Floating World by Mel Bochner — VisualArtsDB

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Floating World

Floating World

Floating World

1990

Medium: Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
Genre: Woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingwoodcutpaper (fiber product)

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