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Altered to Suit by Lawrence Weiner — VisualArtsDB

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Altered to Suit

Lawrence Weiner

1979

Medium: 16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound)
Dimensions: 22:30 min.
Genre: Video
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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