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Date c. 1900 - 1908
Related Artists Henri Matisse • Georges Braque • Georges Rouault • Sir Matthew Smith • Max Weber • Maurice de Vlaminck • Raoul Dufy • Kees van Dongen • André Derain • František Kupka

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