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Portrait of Russel Varian by Ansel Adams — VisualArtsDB

Portrait of Russel Varian

Portrait of Russel Varian

1953

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 33 × 26.3 cm (13 × 10 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.8 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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