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A winter desert mobile town. Quartzsite, Arizona USA

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Full title: A winter desert mobile town. The 'Snow Birds' (RV's arrive from as far as Canada) produce a town of a million people for the duration of the Winter.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 56810

Creation/Production

HURN, David
Date: 2016

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

(): h(cm) image size:37
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) image size:24.6
(): w(cm)
(): h(cm) paper size:48.3
(): w(cm) paper size:33

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Archival paper

Location

In store
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  • Animals And Plants
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Caravan
  • Communities And Society
  • Fine Art
  • Flower
  • Hurn David
  • Photograph
  • Travel And Transport
  • Traveller
  • Works On Paper

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