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McLean, Virginia by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

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McLean, Virginia

1978

Medium: Dye transfer print, printed 1983
Dimensions: 15 1/8 × 19 1/2" (38.4 × 49.5 cm)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Abandoned farmhouse, Via Appia Pignatelli, Quarto Miglio, Rome, from the series "Campagna Romana: the Countryside of Ancient Rome"

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