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Dream Dancer
Dream Dancer
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Dream Dancer

Artist Elisabeth Atnafu (Ethiopian, born 1956)
Date1999
MediumMixed media collage with rice paper
Dimensionsimage: 14 7/8 x 6 in. (37.8 x 15.2 cm)
mat window: 15 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (39.4 x 16.5 cm)
mat: 20 1/8 x 14 in. (51.1 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsCollages
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number2004.42
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