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Pen and ink drawings
Birds

Birds

Birds

1945–1954

Medium: Pen and black ink on ivory wove graph paper
Dimensions: 27.8 × 41.9 cm (11 × 16 1/2 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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squaring (transferring technique)drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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