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Edgar Degas: Woman Reading Figure 4: Basic operation of the optical system used in Monotype photocomposition (see text). A film matrix is shown at top. Woman Reading, monotype by Edgar Degas; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Edgar Degas: Woman Reading
Figure 4: Basic operation of the optical system used in Monotype photocomposition (see text). A film matrix is shown at top.
Woman Reading, monotype by Edgar Degas; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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