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Goin' Fishin', collage of bamboo, denim shirtsleeves, bark, and pieces of wood on wood support by Arthur Dove, 1925; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.

Henri Matisse

French artist

Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956

Georges Braque

French artist

Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas

American mixed-media artist

Eve Babitz

Eve Babitz

American writer and artist

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Raoul Hausmann

Austrian artist

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Henry Darger

American artist and writer

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Wangechi Mutu

Kenyan-born artist

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Christian Marclay

Swiss American artist and composer

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Sir Roland Penrose

British artist, collector, and writer

Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar

British artist

German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.

Max Ernst

German artist

Davis, Stuart

Stuart Davis

American painter

Robert Rauschenberg: Monogram

Robert Rauschenberg

American artist

Betye Saar, 2012

Betye Saar

American artist and educator

Marca-Relli with one of his paintings

Conrad Marca-Relli

American artist

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Arthur G. Dove

American painter

Alexander Archipenko

Alexander Archipenko

Ukrainian-American artist

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Kurt Schwitters

German artist

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Lenore Tawney

American artist