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Sleep over, from the series "The Royal House of Allure" by Sabelo Mlangeni — VisualArtsDB

Sleep over, from the series "The Royal House of Allure"

Sleep over, from the series "The Royal House of Allure"

Sabelo Mlangeni

2019

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 36 × 24 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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