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The Cataclysms

The Cataclysms

1888

Medium: Etching on zinc in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 17.5 × 23.5 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 23.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34 × 47.2 cm (13 7/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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The Cataclysms by James Ensor — VisualArtsDB