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Seedbed by Vito Acconci

Seedbed

Vito Acconci · 1972

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Artist
Vito Acconci
Date
1972
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
20.1 x 29.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Collection
Photographs
Credit line
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1993
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