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San Francisco, California by Gary S. Davis, Joel Meyerowitz — VisualArtsDB

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San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

Gary S. Davis Joel Meyerowitz

1964

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 22.4 × 34 cm (8 13/16 × 13 3/8 in.) sheet: 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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