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For the Incantation to the Entrance by Alan Davie — VisualArtsDB

For the Incantation to the Entrance

For the Incantation to the Entrance

1964

Medium: Watercolor, with gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on white mat board
Dimensions: 55.8 × 76.1 cm (22 × 30 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgouacheprints and drawingwatercolorcoating (material)paper (fiber product)water-base paint

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