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On Being an Angel by Francesca Woodman — VisualArtsDB

On Being an Angel

On Being an Angel

Francesca Woodman

1977

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 13.4 × 13.5 cm (5 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.); mount: 35.6 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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