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The Mountain Mail, from Paper Drive (For Claire) by Allen Ruppersberg — VisualArtsDB

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The Mountain Mail, from Paper Drive (For Claire)

The Mountain Mail, from Paper Drive (For Claire)

The Mountain Mail, from Paper Drive (For Claire)

Allen Ruppersberg

1975

Medium: Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Sight: 55 × 70.5 cm (21 11/16 × 27 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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