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Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor

1942

Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed 1950
Dimensions: 18 9/16 × 13 5/16" (47.1 × 33.9 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor by Barbara Morgan — VisualArtsDB