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TV as a Creative Medium at Howard Wise Gallery

Author
Jud Yalkut
Publication
Arts Magazine
Publisher
Art Digest
Date
September 1969
Place
New York, NY
Volume
44
ETC archive
ETC0994
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Jud Yalkut. TV as a Creative Medium at Howard Wise Gallery. Arts Magazine. vol. 44. Art Digest. September 1969.

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