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Antoni Muntadas, Monumento genérico (Generic Monument) , Printed methacrylate, photographs, iron and fluorescent light, 400 x 173 x 75 centimeters, Photographs with frame: 52.5 x 42.5 x 4 centimeters (each), 1987-88, Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia , Madrid, Spain
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