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Many short calligraphic lines.
Ecriture 묘법
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Ecriture
묘법

Artist Park SeoBo 박서보 朴瑞宝 (Korean, born 1931)
Date1988
Place of originKorea
MediumLithograph
Dimensions27 × 35 in. (68.6 × 88.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Mary "Becky" Elizabeth Reynolds
Object number2016.72
Collections
Visual DescriptionA lithographic print depicting many short-calligraphic lines.
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