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Roadside Rest Area, White Sands, New Mexico by Joel Sternfeld — VisualArtsDB

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Roadside Rest Area, White Sands, New Mexico

1980

Medium: Chromogenic print, printed 1987
Dimensions: 13 7/16 × 17" (34.2 × 43.2 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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