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Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Illinois, Study by Hammond, Beeby and Babka — VisualArtsDB

Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Illinois, Study

Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Illinois, Study

Hammond, Beeby and Babka

1988

Medium: Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
Genre: architectural drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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librariesgraphitearchitecturearchitectural drawingillinoisChicagotracing paperdesign20th Centurycolored pencildrawing

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