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Deputy in West Virginia Mining Town by Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB

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Deputy in West Virginia Mining Town

1935

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2" (15.7 × 24.2 cm)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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