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GALLERY: Walker Evans – Polaroid Portraits (1973-74)

Walker Evans Archive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Walker Evans: Polaroids

Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Scalo Publishers; illustrated edition edition (October 15, 2001)
ISBN-10: 3908247438
ISBN-13: 978-3908247432
Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
Weight: 2.2 pounds

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