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

"Growing and Shrinking House", 1942-1945: Exhibition Display

"Growing and Shrinking House", 1942-1945: Exhibition Display

1942–1945

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: sheet: 28.2 x 45.7 cm (11 1/8 x 18 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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