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Al's Grand Cafe Figure by Allen Rawson Ruppersberg — VisualArtsDB

Al's Grand Cafe Figure

Al's Grand Cafe Figure

Allen Rawson Ruppersberg

1971

Medium: Photograph mounted to plywood
Dimensions: 177.8 × 61 × 1 cm (70 × 24 × 3/8 in.)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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