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Cretin by August Sander — VisualArtsDB

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Cretin

1924

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 3/16 × 7 3/8" (25.8 × 18.7 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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August Sander, 1929

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August Sander, 1940

Peasant Girls, Westerwald (Bauernmädchen, Westerwald)

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