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Carnegie Hero

ABCDuane
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
art collection, now donated to Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. Whether a portrait of Eugène
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

ABCDuane
ABCDuane
H 8.5 in W 7 in D 1 in
Section 30 - Landscape Painting, Original Oil on Canvas
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David & Goliath - Caravaggio Inspired Monumental Double Self-Portrait, Charcoal
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Femme dan les sous-bois, 19th Century Adolphe MONTICELLI (1824-1886)
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Blackwater, GB
why he was never awarded the usual public honours. In the manner of Victor Hugo's hero Ruy Blas, he
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19th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Living Dangerously, Original Oil Painting, Large Scale Fictional Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History, bernheim arboretum, New
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Section 35
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici - Original Ink Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Silent Running
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Battle For Yellowstone, Original Oil Painting of Oversized Fictional Bookcover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Chicago, Illinois 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

I'm Witnessing a Forest Fire-Oil Painting, Fictional Penguin Classic Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Original Paul Rusconi Painting of Famous Pop-Culture Skateboarder, Paul Cardiel
By Paul Rusconi
Located in Tustin, CA
has been a core member of the Anti-Hero Skateboards company since 1995. Cardiel was inducted into the
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Contemporary Art

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Plexiglass

New France and Labrador - Graphite Drawing, Landscape, On Antiqued Map
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

KACHINA DOLLS FS II.381
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
recognizable portraits of well-known American heroes with less familiar Native American images and motifs. It
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Board, Screen

GERONIMO FS II.384
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
recognizable portraits of well-known American heroes with less familiar Native American images and motifs. It
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Board

The Belltower of Piza, a Pleine Aire Study in Pen and Chalk, Matted and Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago 2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

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Pen, Paper, Chalk

Descent
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Deborah Kass Feminist Jewish American Pop Art Silkscreen Screenprint Ltd Edition
By Deborah Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
. She received her BFA in painting at Carnegie Mellon University and studied at the Whitney Museum
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Flayed Wax-Cast Figure - Original Ink Drawing, Matted and Signed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Pen

Deborah Kass Feminist Jewish American Pop Art Silkscreen Screenprint Ltd Edition
By Deborah Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
her BFA in painting at Carnegie Mellon University and studied at the Whitney Museum Independent Study
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Chicago Portage - Serene Wooded Landscape with Stormy Skies, Oil on Canvas
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Rape of Persephone by Bernini, Galleria Borghese -Original Sepia Ink Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Pen

Dracula
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman at Rest, Nude Female, Pastel and Charcoal Drawing on Green Paper
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago 2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Charcoal, Paper, Pastel

Self Check-Out - Several Self Portraits in the Chaos of a Big Box Store, Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Intaglio

View of Siena with the Duomo - Ink and Crayon Drawing, Matted and Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

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Crayon, Paper, Pen

Chiaroscuro
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Mark of Zorro / acrylic painting
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
contemporary heroes and heroines that are every-day common citizens, as in the legend of Zorro, where a
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

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Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
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After Michelangelo's 'non-finito' Series Classical Nude Bronze, Green Patina
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This is an extraordinary bronze sculpture of a Classic male nude by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The figure sta...
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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
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'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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The Battle Of Gravelotte, 18th August 1870, 19th Century signed "H C Herba"
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Battle Of Gravelotte, 18th August 1870, 19th Century signed "H C Herba" 19th Century Franco-Prussian War scene from the Battle of Gravelotte, 1870, oil on board signed. Good qu...
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Pablo Picasso "Grand Tête" (Portrait de Jacqueline aux Cheveux lisses)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Resin

Large Signed Surreal Nude Male Portrait Symbolist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape with male figures. Really well painted and a very interesting composition. Impressive giltwood frame as well! Signed and dated lower ri...
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Oil, Canvas

Sotheby's Auction Catalogue for The Krug Collection of Glass Part I
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, The Krug Collection of Glass Part I. London: Sotheby's Parke Bernet and Co., 1981. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 185 pp. An auction catalogue for the Krug Coll...
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The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico; Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer
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The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico; Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 2002. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Spanish and English text. 36...
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Grand esclave (Large Slave) by Yann Guillon - Male Nude Bronze Sculpture
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Grand esclave (Great Slave) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon. This artwork is signed and numbered. Available in limited edition of 8 + 4 artist's pro...
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Clyde
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The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin (Book)
The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin (Book)
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Island Whimsy Designing a Paradise by the Sea
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Author Celerie Kemble A house by the sea should be a house of dreams. Where windows and doors are thrown open to the ocean, and gusts of cool, salty air turn us all into kids again-...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Paper

Pair Antique Books, Winkle's British Cathedrals, English, Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of two antique books, Volume 1 & 2 of Winkles' British Cathedrals. An English language, hard bound illustrated reference guide to 19th century architecture, dating to ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Books

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Paper

“Francine” New Mexico Music Festival at Taos Scholarship Program
By R.C. Gorman
Located in Clinton Township, MI
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1980s Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

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Composer Giuseppe Verdi from Florence Foster Jenkins' Verdi Club
By Florence Malcolm Darnault
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
War hero, opened the opulent Verdi Club, located at 781 Madison Avenue. It was frequented by New
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20th Century American Busts

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Bronze

TEDDY ROOSEVELT FS II.386
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
recognizable portraits of well-known American heroes with less familiar Native American images and motifs. It
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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The Reclamation - Large Scale Charcoal Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

JOHN WAYNE FS II.377
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Pueblo
By Joseph Fleck
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
to Vienna as a lieutenant to spend the remaining war years painting war heroes and important
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Pueblo
H 30 in W 36 in D 2 in
Year of the Eclipse - Original Oil Painting of Fictional Oversized Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

You Never Know What You've Got Till It's Gone - Trompe L'oeil Original Painting
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Chicago, Illinois 2016 Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

I Would Love You, If You Weren't So Beautiful, Original Trompe L'Oiel Painting
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Calculus, Original Trompe L'oeil Painting of Classic Text Book With a Red Tulip
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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Great Expectations, Large Format Fictional Book Cover with Bierdstadt Landscape
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Crime and Punishment - Original Oil Painting of Fictional Oversized Book Cover
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Coeur d'Alenes Trail - Serene Landscape in Rich Greens and Blues, Oil on Canvas
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center, this land is not empty, Chicago, Illinois Carnegie Museum for Art and History
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Crossing the Divide
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Section 34
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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"The Adoration of the Magi" Monticelli C.19th French Pre-Impressionist Religious
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By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
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By Christopher Ganz
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, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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After The Deposition by Caravaggio, Colored Pen Drawing, Signed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
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