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"Growing and Shrinking House", 1942-1945: Elevations by Walter Gropius — VisualArtsDB

"Growing and Shrinking House", 1942-1945: Elevations

"Growing and Shrinking House", 1942-1945: Elevations

1942–1952

Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 38.2 x 52.2 cm (15 1/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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