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Silk Drying, Kyoto, Japan by Werner Bischof — VisualArtsDB

Silk Drying, Kyoto, Japan

Silk Drying, Kyoto, Japan

1951

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 5/16 x 10 3/8 in. (26.19 x 26.35 cm) (image) 15 11/16 x 11 13/16 in. (39.85 x 30 cm) (sheet)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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