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A Hammer Resting on an Anvil in a Tile-Floored Room
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Rights: © David Alfaro Siqueiros / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
Department of Prints
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library Harvard University Transfer from Tozzer Library
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