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Shoeshine Boys, Old Town, Chicago, 1973 by Ozier Muhammad — VisualArtsDB

Shoeshine Boys, Old Town, Chicago, 1973

Shoeshine Boys, Old Town, Chicago, 1973

1977

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 21.4 × 31.5 cm (8 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.6 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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