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Longing For

Longing For

1944

Medium: Engraving, soft ground, and aquatint in black on paper
Dimensions: Image: 25 × 18.5 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 39 × 32.5 cm (15 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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engraving (printing process)ground (material)printingaquatintprintprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)

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Longing For by Werner Drewes — VisualArtsDB