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King Champion by Karl Wirsum — VisualArtsDB

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Fiber-tipped pen
King Champion

King Champion

King Champion

1966

Medium: Black and colored fiber-tipped pens and blue ball point pen, on white wove paper
Dimensions: 35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Genre: Fiber-tipped pen
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)fiber-tipped penprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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