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Mother and Child (With Retractor, Screaming) by Joel Peter Witkin — VisualArtsDB

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Mother and Child (With Retractor, Screaming)

Mother and Child (With Retractor, Screaming)

Mother and Child (With Retractor, Screaming)

Joel Peter Witkin

1979

Dimensions: 36.0363 Centimeters (Measurements) × 36.0363 Centimeters (Measurements) × 50.0064 Centimeters (Measurements) × 40.4813 Centimeters (Measurements)
Genre: Artwork
Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US

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