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Can Themba by Jürgen Schadeberg — VisualArtsDB

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Can Themba

Can Themba

Jürgen Schadeberg

1957

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 12.9 × 16.5 cm (5 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: Photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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