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David Alvarado

Bronze Flower Sculpture Plaque
By Ruth Asawa
Located in New York, NY
copyright Cast at the Berkley Arts Foundry for Crown Zellerbach Ruth Asawa's estate is represented by David
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Latin American Modernist Oil Paintng Women with Fruit
By Alexis Duque
Located in Surfside, FL
Guzman at NOMAA, NY "A House Full of Friends" Curated by Turid Meeker and David Gibson at NOoSPHERE, New
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Musician, Large Lating American Modernist Oil Paintng
By Alexis Duque
Located in Surfside, FL
and David Gibson at NOoSPHERE, New York, NY "Paintings" Galleri Oxholm", Copenhagen, Denmark "The
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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