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Poems to the Sea

By Vanessa Rolf 2009 - 2011

Vanessa Rolf

Dimensions
170cm x 105cm

Inherited patched canvas embroidered with the names of German battleships sunk during World War 2.
91147 Vanessa Rolf

Kransnoyarsk

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