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Three Coal Miners, India, from the series "Workers" by Sebastião Salgado — VisualArtsDB

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Three Coal Miners, India, from the series "Workers"

Three Coal Miners, India, from the series "Workers"

Three Coal Miners, India, from the series "Workers"

Sebastião Salgado

1989

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image, approx: 29.4 × 44.1 cm (11 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.); Frame: 51.5 × 66.3 × 2.2 cm (20 5/16 × 26 1/8 × 7/8 in.)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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