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Art Institute of Chicago

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Dayanita Singh · 2011

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Artist

Dayanita Singh

Date

2011

Medium

Inkjet prints (5)

Dimensions

Each image, approx: 38 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in.); each frame: 59.7 × 59.9 × 3.8 cm (23 9/16 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Classification

photograph

Department

Photography and Media

Culture / origin

India

Credit line

Gift of Meredith and Akhil Sharma

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