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Love in Death, for "Good Words"
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Wood engraving on chine volant; proof
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Donato Esposito in memory of Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards 2014
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