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Tia Juana Oil Field, Western Venezuela by John Vachon — VisualArtsDB

Tia Juana Oil Field, Western Venezuela

Tia Juana Oil Field, Western Venezuela

1944

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 26.5 × 34 cm (10 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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