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Movable Shoulder Extensions
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Rights: © Rebecca Horn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Rebecca Horn gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2014.
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Gift of the artist
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