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‘I’m desperate’ by Gillian Wearing — VisualArtsDB

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‘I’m desperate’

‘I’m desperate’

‘I’m desperate’

Gillian Wearing

1992

Medium: Photograph, colour, Chromogenic print, on paper
Dimensions: frame: 1325 x 925 x 45 mm support: 1190 x 790 mm
Museum: Tate

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