Black-and-white photograph looking downward at the ground where small plants grow among debris

Now (Berlin Wall) 33-04

Artist Alan Cohen (American, born 1943)

DateMay 1996

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsplate/image: 15 7/8 in x 15 7/8 in; sheet/object: 18 5/8 in x 18 5/8 in

ClassificationPhotograph

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Jonathan Walsh

Object number2003.10.1

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