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Artist: Sipros Sipros
Nationality: Brazilian
Location: Wynwood
Created: November 2016
Date: June 15th 2017 || Photo by NB
Date: June 15th 2017 || Photo by NB
Brazilian street artist Sipros, does a one of his classic portraits with blown-up ears in one of the side streets of Wynwood. This time it is a cute pink doll :)
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