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Canyon Country, California by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

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Canyon Country, California

1983

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: 13 1/2 × 17" (34.3 × 43.2 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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The Detroit River at General MacArthur Bridge, Detroit, Michigan, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

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