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Ascending and Descending Hero by Bridget Riley — VisualArtsDB

Ascending and Descending Hero

Ascending and Descending Hero

1963–1965

Medium: Acrylic emulsion on canvas
Dimensions: 182.9 × 274.3 cm (72 × 108 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintingblack and whitemodern and contemporary artgeometric

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