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JR x Art Spiegelman - Ghosts of Ellis Island. 11 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine. White paper BFK Rives - 270 grammes. Numbered /180 on the left side corner. Signed by JR and Art Spiegelman on the right side corner (stamp and lead). 98 x 72 cm / approximately 39 x 28 inches. Lithograph shipped unframed. In 2014, JR is invited to work on the abandoned part of Ellis Island. This island, next to the Statue of Liberty has been the gateway to the United States for 12 million immigrants, from 1892 to 1954. Art Spiegelman, author of the famous graphic novel Maus, immigrated to the United States in 1951. He has collaborated with JR on the book of the project.