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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapped Reichstag Environmental sculpture. “Mirrored Room,” mirror on wood by Lucas Samaras, 1966. In the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. 305 × 244 cm.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapped Reichstag
Environmental sculpture. “Mirrored Room,” mirror on wood by Lucas Samaras, 1966. In the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. 305 × 244 cm.
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