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My First Etching: Self-Portrait by Jack Beal — VisualArtsDB

My First Etching: Self-Portrait

My First Etching: Self-Portrait

1964

Medium: Etching on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 9.8 × 8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 17.9 × 16.6 cm (7 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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