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New, Used and Improved: Art for the 80s

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Exploring aesthetics of the 1980s.

Artist / Author Peter Frank and Michael McKenzie
Publisher Cross River Press
ISBN 0896596508
Reference P2353
Date 1987
Type Publication

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