Slumber Party

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Artist: Eric Fischl
Date: 1983
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions: 213.4 × 274.3 cm (84 × 108 in.)
Collection: Contemporary Art
Culture: United States
Credit line: Gift of Edlis Neeson Collection

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