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The lives of artists : volume three

by Calvin Tomkins

A six-volume anthology of eighty-two profiles of major contemporary artists written between 1962 and 2019. The collection documents the evolution of the modern art world through historical and personal insights into the lives and works of influential figures.

Accession 15462 ISBN 9780714879369 Publisher Phaidon Press
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