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Jacob's Ladder by Ernst Barlach — VisualArtsDB

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1924

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 33.1 x 42.4 cm (13 1/16 x 16 11/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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