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Mine Disaster by Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB

Mine Disaster

Mine Disaster

1948

Medium: Tempera on paper mounted to canvas on plywood
Dimensions: 61.2 × 76.4 cm (24 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)
Genre: tempera
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintingModernismmodern and contemporary arttempera

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