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Genesis by Sebastião Salgado, Marsha Williams — VisualArtsDB

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Genesis

Genesis

Sebastião Salgado Marsha Williams

2005

Medium: portfolio of 50 platinum prints
Dimensions: overall: 71.12 × 88.9 × 8.26 cm (28 × 35 × 3 1/4 in.)
Genre: Portfolio
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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