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Oriental Pearl

2009
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Oriental Pearl
  • Artist: Wolfgang Tillmans (German, born Remscheid, 1968)
  • Date: 2009
  • Medium: Inkjet print
  • Dimensions: Image: 203 x 138 cm (79 15/16 x 54 5/16 in.)
    Sheet: 208 x 135 cm (81 7/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.553
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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