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A nude woman lays back in a lawn chair positioned on a building's rooftop while looking at something out of frame.
Rooftop Sunbather
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Rooftop Sunbather

Artist Hilo Chen (American, born 1942)
Date1981
MediumSilkscreen
DimensionsMat: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm)
Paper: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Image: 16 3/4 x 25 in. (42.55 x 63.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Leonard Velick
Object numberPR-81-28-F
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Visual DescriptionA nude woman lays back in a lawn chair positioned on a building's rooftop while looking at something out of frame.
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