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The Son Is Father to the Man by Louise Bourgeois — VisualArtsDB

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The Son Is Father to the Man

Louise Bourgeois

2000

Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: plate: 7 1/16 × 5 3/4" (17.9 × 14.6 cm); sheet: 16 11/16 × 14" (42.4 × 35.6 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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