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The Gift and the Inheritance [The World Within the Word]
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet (Sight): 21 5/8 × 27 7/16 in. (54.9 × 69.7 cm)
- Genre
- Drawings
About
Allen Ruppersberg, The Gift and the Inheritance [The World Within the Word], 1989–1991. Graphite on paper, sheet (Sight): 21 5/8 × 27 7/16 in. (54.9 × 69.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.227. Photography courtesy of the artist and Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
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