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Shoe Shine by Robert Frank — VisualArtsDB

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Shoe Shine

Shoe Shine

Shoe Shine

1943–1953

Medium: contact sheet
Dimensions: sheet: 25.2 × 3.5 cm (9 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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