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The Spirits of Dead Cities
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Department of Prints
Daniel Bell Cambridge MA gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell
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