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This is How the Tree Breaks by William Kentridge — VisualArtsDB

This is How the Tree Breaks

This is How the Tree Breaks

William Kentridge

1999

Medium: Etching, aquatint and crayon on printed paper
Dimensions: image: 219 x 286 mm
Museum: Tate

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