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Fernand Léger, Composition in Blue, 1921-27, oil on canvas, 51 3/8″ x 38 1/4″, The Art Institute of Chicago, Photo by Thomas Hawk via Fllickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License.

21 Oct ’14
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