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Interior view of an opulent library, now abandoned and overtaken by the encroaching natural world.
Library
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Library

Artist Lori Nix, American, born 1969, and Kathleen Gerber, American, born 1967 (American)
Date2007
MediumArchival pigment print
DimensionsPaper: 37 x 44 in. (93.98 x 111.76 cm)
Image: 30 x 37 1/2 in. (76.2 x 95.25 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Ruth P. Phillips Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2024.13
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