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Untitled (elephants moving blocks of wood) (recto)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white photograph of two elephants. The elephant in the foreground faces left; a man with a cloth wrapped around his head sits on the elephant's back; a wooden structure wraps around the elephant's back; the elephant holds a rectangular wood block in its trunk. In the background on the right, another elephant faces right with a man sitting on its back; a third man walks on the right. The foreground shows wet, muddy ground and cut wood planks. The background shows a light sky and a body of water. The work is by Linnaeus Tripe. The title is "Untitled (elephants moving blocks of wood) (recto)".

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900 × 736 px
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