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Television is great because if you close your eyes it sounds like the radio
1984
Douglas Matthew Davis
1933 - 2014
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver prints
Framed: 30 3/4 × 37 3/4 × 1 1/8 inches (78.1 × 95.9 × 2.9 cm) Sheet: 30 5/8 × 37 5/8 inches (77.8 × 95.6 cm)
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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.263
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1990, sold by (Ronalf Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
1990-2020,
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Douglas Matthew Davis, Television is great because if you close your eyes it sounds like the radio, 1984, gelatin silver prints. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.263.
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