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Benares, India by Irving Penn — VisualArtsDB

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Benares, India

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Benares, India

1945

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 15/16 × 10 3/8" (27.9 × 26.3 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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