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Telegraph People at Work

Sandro Chia Italian
Printer Francisco Copello Chilean
1979 (editioned 1984)
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Telegraph People at Work
  • Artist: Sandro Chia (Italian, born Florence, 1946)
  • Printer: Francisco Copello (Chilean, Santiago 1938–2006 Santiago)
  • Publisher: Mezzanine Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Date: 1979 (editioned 1984)
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/8 × 3 3/16 in. (12.4 × 8.1 cm)
    Sheet: 22 5/16 × 14 15/16 in. (56.6 × 38 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of the Mezzanine Gallery, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.1018
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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