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Bee (page 45) from the illustrated book The Sorrows of Priapus

1957

Medium: Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with forty-one offset lithographs
Dimensions: page (each): 10 1/2 × 6 15/16" (26.7 × 17.7 cm)
Genre: Illustrated book
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Bee (page 45) from the illustrated book The Sorrows of Priapus by Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB