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Mental Exercise: Estimating a Circle by Mel Bochner — VisualArtsDB

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Mental Exercise: Estimating a Circle

1972

Medium: Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper
Dimensions: 22 3/8 x 30" (56.9 x 76 cm)
Genre: drawing
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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