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Page opening 11 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" by Anselm Kiefer — VisualArtsDB

Page opening 11 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah"

Page opening 11 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah"

1990

Medium: Ash and acrylic on gelatin silver print mounted to bound cardboard
Dimensions: actual: 100.6 x 141 cm (39 5/8 x 55 1/2 in.)
Genre: Book
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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