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Rockefeller Center by Leon Levinstein, Gary S. Davis — VisualArtsDB

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Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center

Leon Levinstein Gary S. Davis

1956

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 34.4 × 26.8 cm (13 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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