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Inserted paper towels by Otto Piene — VisualArtsDB

Inserted paper towels

Inserted paper towels

1981

Medium: Folded paper towels with color transfer
Genre: Archival material
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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