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Edvard Munch: The Scream
Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night
Emil Nolde: Dance Around the Golden Calf
Max Pechstein: Indian and Woman
Egon Schiele: Prone Young Woman with Black Stocking
Chaim Soutine: Side of Beef
Robert Wiene: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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