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Facts

Born February 18, 1848 • New York City • New York
Died January 17, 1933 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style Art Nouveau
Notable Family Members father Charles Lewis Tiffany

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Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Favrile glass vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Favrile glass vase
Tiffany Studios: Landscape window
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Sermon on the Mount
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Fernand Léger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
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