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Chicago Skyway Bridge by David Plowden — VisualArtsDB

Chicago Skyway Bridge

Chicago Skyway Bridge

1966

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 25.1 × 28 cm (9 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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