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Figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat carrying a basket of large leaves through a forest path
From the Assam series
Figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat carrying a basket of large leaves through a forest path

From the Assam series

Artist (Indian, born 1952)
Dateca. 2008
MediumInkjet print, pigment-based
Dimensionsimage: 8 in x 12 in; sheet: 12 in x 16 in
ClassificationPhotograph
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Bruce, Mary, and Cody Johnson
Object number2015.6.8
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