File:Sauka Stairs.jpg

Description: "Laiptai" (Stairs), painting by Šarūnas Sauka (born 1958), made in 1989.

Scan from: Rimantas Dichavičius. (2001). Šarūnas Sauka: [album]. Vilnius: Galerija Maldis. ISBN 9955-9407-0-0

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Renata 00:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)