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The Embryo by Knud Merrild — VisualArtsDB

The Embryo

The Embryo

1935

Medium: Watercolor and graphite, with red and brown colored pencils, on cream card, prepared with a gesso-wax ground
Dimensions: 21.8 × 28.5 cm (8 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgraphiteground (material)prints and drawingwatercolorwater-base paint

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