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Self Portrait, Blasting out into the unknown hunting for other Donnas, Lorain, Ohio

Date1976

Artist Donna Ferrato (American photographer, born 1949)

MediumArchival pigment print

Dimensionsimage: 13 1/2 × 20 in. (34.3 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Julie Dwyer & Dr. Thomas Dwyer, 2017

Object number2017-135

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ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH

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