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Nigel Shafran Reading 6.44: It Is Not How Things Are in the World by Arthur Ou — VisualArtsDB

Nigel Shafran Reading 6.44: It Is Not How Things Are in the World

Nigel Shafran Reading 6.44: It Is Not How Things Are in the World

2017

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Paper: 20.4 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Genre: Photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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