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The Lifting Bridge by Joseph Pennell — VisualArtsDB

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The Lifting Bridge

The Lifting Bridge

The Lifting Bridge

1908

Medium: Black litho crayon with scraping, heightened with traces of white pencil, on textured cream wove paper
Dimensions: 54.2 × 42.8 cm (21 3/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Genre: Crayon
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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