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Surprising Novel: Chapter One

1987/1989

Sandro Chia

Artist, Italian, born 1946

Graphicstudio

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Artwork overview

Medium

color heliorelief woodcut with painted additions in acrylic on Rives BFK White paper
Credit Line

Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist
Dimensions

sheet: 46.8 x 41.2 cm (18 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Accession

1991.75.58

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Fine, Ruth E., and Mary Lee Corlett. Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, p. 291, no. 32.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: NGA / P. S Chia / 87

Wikidata ID

Q74890409

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