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Dung Collector, Beijing, China by Henri Cartier Bresson, Gary S. Davis — VisualArtsDB

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Dung Collector, Beijing, China

Dung Collector, Beijing, China

Dung Collector, Beijing, China

Henri Cartier Bresson Gary S. Davis

1948

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 16.1 × 24 cm (6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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