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The Bat by Hans Bellmer — VisualArtsDB

The Bat

The Bat

1968

Medium: Etching in black and white on brown laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 29.5 × 38.1 cm (11 5/8 × 15 in.); Sheet: 48.4 × 66.8 cm (19 1/16 × 26 5/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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