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Awilda Cruz, Long Island Shelter by Melissa Shook — VisualArtsDB

Awilda Cruz, Long Island Shelter

Awilda Cruz, Long Island Shelter

1988

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 15.4 × 23.5 cm (6 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 35.6 cm (7 15/16 × 14 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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