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A La Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust

A La Recherche du Temps Perdu

Marcel Proust · 1947

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Artist
Marcel Proust
Date
1947
Medium
Color photo-gravures after watercolors
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (22.9 x 18.4 x 4.4 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
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