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- Contemporary Art
1980- Contemporary
76.0 x 123.0 cm
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À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Untitled
- Artiste: Purvis Young
- Année: 1980
- Dimensions originales: 76.0 x 123.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- État du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Où l'admirer: Souls Grown Deep
- Mouvement: Contemporary Art
- Contexte de l'œuvre: documenting miami street life , found paper medium
- Palette de couleurs: Neutrals
En bref
- Title: Untitled
- Subject or theme: Social life of Overtown, Miami
- Influences:
- Rembrandt
- El Greco
- Van Gogh
- Gauguin
- Picasso
- Artist: Purvis Young
- Year: 1980
- Dimensions: 76 x 123 cm
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