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Design for a Wall and a Ceiling Decoration
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Leadpoint or graphite; ruler and compass constructed
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Leon Dalva Sr. 1965
Title: Design for a Wall and a Ceiling Decoration
Description:
Leadpoint or graphite; ruler and compass constructed.
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