DAVID HOCKNEY, THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, EAST YORKSHIRE IN 2011 (TWENTY-ELEVEN), 2011

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DAVID HOCKNEY, THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, EAST YORKSHIRE IN 2011 (TWENTY-ELEVEN), 2011

CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS

 


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