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The Prisoner by Leopoldo Méndez — VisualArtsDB

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

Leopoldo Méndez

1934

Medium: Linocut on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10.9 × 8.4 cm (4 5/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
Genre: linocut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawinglinocutpaper (fiber product)

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