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Fantastic Octopus by Alfonso Ossorio — VisualArtsDB

Fantastic Octopus

Fantastic Octopus

Alfonso Ossorio

1942

Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor and black ink on blue wove paper
Dimensions: 57.8 x 47 cm (22 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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