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Sleeping in Front of the Temple Door, Madras, India

Sleeping in Front of the Temple Door, Madras, India

1952

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 14 1/16 x 10 5/16 in. (35.72 x 26.19 cm) (image) 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40.01 x 30.16 cm) (sheet)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Sleeping in Front of the Temple Door, Madras, India by Werner Bischof — VisualArtsDB