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Sitting for a Portrait
Bad painters flatter you to Hell while good ones regard you just as they would a head of cabbage
October
1
1937
GUY PÈNE DU BOIS
Sitting for a Portrait
GUY PÈNE DU BOIS
October
1
1937
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Sitting for a Portrait
Bad painters flatter you to Hell while good ones regard you just as they would a head of cabbage
October
1
1937
GUY PÈNE DU BOIS
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