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Tolstoy's bear, Moscow

Patti Smith
Softly focused image of a bear in profile with arms outstretched holding a plate; handwritten words in loose script swirl around the image.

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2016
Inkjet print with pencil
18.9 x 14.6cm
2016.51.5
Text © The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2018

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Permanent collection

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