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Thomas Struth German
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This photograph of the Milan Cathedral in bright sunlight laminates onto a single plane the timelessness of the twisting figures decorating a façade that developed over nearly three centuries with the ephemeral passage of noonday loungers, strollers, and sunbathers.
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Title: Milan Cathedral (façade), Milan
Artist:
Thomas Struth (German, born Geldern, 1954)
Date: 1998
Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Frame: 74 1/4 × 92 1/2 in. (188.6 × 235 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel and Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2000
Object Number: 2000.133
Rights and Reproduction: © Thomas Struth
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