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Woman in Purdah, Upper Egypt by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Woman in Purdah, Upper Egypt

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Woman in Purdah, Upper Egypt

1963

Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed 1965
Dimensions: 12 7/16 × 15 15/16" (31.6 × 40.5 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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