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Les Levine

Les Levine is a naturalized American Irish artist known as a pioneer of video art and as a conceptual artist working with mass communication. In 1967, Levine won first prize for sculpture in the Canadian Sculpture Biennial. A graduate of the Central School of Art and Design in London, Levine first moved to Canada in 1960. He eventually settled in New York City in 1964 and became a resident artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1973. Early in his career, Levine introduced the idea of a disposable art and was given the nickname Plastic Man. In 1965, Levine, with Nam June Paik, were among the first artists to buy and use portapaks. Thus he was one of the first artists to try television as a medium for the dissemination of art. He has also used the telephone for this purpose, as well. In 1969, Les Levine presented the durational environment Process of Elimination. The work involved 300 plastic sheets that were exhibited in a vacant lot owned by New York University, which the artist systematically removed over the course of a month. The art historian Corinna Kirsch describes this as a work about authorial control, particularly as "Levine's ability to control the removal of his work can be seen in parallel with the formation of the Art Workers' Coalition", a group that was formed the same month as Process of Elimination and which also involved the removal of a small sculpture. Levine has written on art for Arts, The Village Voice, Art in America and the Saturday Review. In 1969 his work was published in 0 - 9 magazine, an avant-garde publication which experimented with language and meaning-making. He was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1974 and again in 1980.
Creator Id: 367
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Ireland
Year of Birth: 1935
City: New York
Country: United States
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: film, sculpture, video
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Work by Les Levine

Silver Environment

Work ID: 49884

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Silver Environment

Work ID: 49885

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Silver Environment

Work ID: 49886

Description: Mirvish Gallery, Toronto

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Sculpture

Work ID: 49887

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Plug Assist

Work ID: 49888

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Les Levine LXV

Work ID: 49889

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Star Machine

Work ID: 49890

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Slipcover

Work ID: 49892

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Slipcover

Work ID: 49891

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Red Tape

Work ID: 49899

Description: Toronto, Ontario

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Red Tape

Work ID: 49898

Description: Toronto, Ontario

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Mini Star

Work ID: 49902

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Slipcover

Work ID: 49893

Description: Architectural League, NY

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Disposables Art Exhibition

Work ID: 49894

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Mini Star

Work ID: 49901

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All Star Cast

Work ID: 49903

Description: Time-Life Building

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Drawing for an installation

Work ID: 49900

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Disposables Art Exhibition

Work ID: 49896

Description: Isaacs Gallery, Toronto

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Disposables Light Works

Work ID: 49897

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Disposables

Work ID: 49895

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50049

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50048

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Iris Print Out Portraits

Work ID: 49910

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Iris

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Photon: Strangeness 4

Work ID: 49908

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Supercube Environment

Work ID: 49905

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The Clean Machine

Work ID: 49904

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50043

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50045

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50047

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Electric Shock

Work ID: 49906

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50044

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Electric Shock

Work ID: 49907

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Handwriting Analyzed

Work ID: 49911

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Black Star

Work ID: 49912

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Levine’s Restaurant

Work ID: 50046

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Profit Systems One

Work ID: 49925

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Body Color

Work ID: 49915

Description: Loeb Student Center

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Retrofocus

Work ID: 49926

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Contact

Work ID: 49921

Description: Institute of Contemporary Art, Chicago

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Wall

Work ID: 49917

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Air Trip

Work ID: 49924

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Cornflakes

Work ID: 49914

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Body Color

Work ID: 49916

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White Sight

Work ID: 49918

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Cornflakes

Work ID: 49913

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Paint

Work ID: 49919

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Paint

Work ID: 49920

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Systems Burnoff X Residual Software

Work ID: 49923

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Systems Burnoff X Residual Software

Work ID: 49922

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Thermotaxis

Work ID: 49928

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Fecaloids

Work ID: 49929

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Software Show – A.I.R.

Work ID: 49927

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Nebulizers

Work ID: 49930

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Wiretap

Work ID: 49931

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Painting

Work ID: 49939

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18 Karat Sold Gold Chewing Gum

Work ID: 49934

Description: Fischbach Gallery, New York

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Chain of Command

Work ID: 49932

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Conceptual Decorative

Work ID: 49940

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Landscape

Work ID: 49978

Description: (shown 1975)

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18 Karat Sold Gold Chewing Gum

Work ID: 49935

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Painting

Work ID: 49938

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Chain of Command

Work ID: 49933

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House (Installation)

Work ID: 49937

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Mott Art Hearings

Work ID: 49936

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Position

Work ID: 49943

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The Troubles “People” Room

Work ID: 49945

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Bodyscape

Work ID: 49941

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Cosmetic Surgery

Work ID: 49942

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The Troubles “People” Room

Work ID: 49944

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Puzzle

Work ID: 49946

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Seven “Drawings for Peggy’s Cove Litho”

Work ID: 49953

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Photographing a Peggy’s Cove Postcard

Work ID: 49954

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Found Object

Work ID: 49948

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Nova Scotia Thankga

Work ID: 49952

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Watergate Fashions, Robert Mardian, July 20, 1973

Work ID: 49951

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New Handbook for Art Educators

Work ID: 49947

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Handwork

Work ID: 49949

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Watergate Fashions

Work ID: 49950

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Les Levine’s Greatest Hits Installation

Work ID: 49963

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One Piece of Chewed Gum

Work ID: 49957

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Chopknife and Chopfork

Work ID: 49973

Description: from Last Book of Life

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Making a Drawing

Work ID: 49956

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We Are Still Alive

Work ID: 49964

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Solid Gold Nut

Work ID: 49972

Description: from Last Book of Life

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Last Book of Life

Work ID: 49974

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Visitation

Work ID: 49962

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Porta Rossa

Work ID: 49959

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Snap Shot

Work ID: 49955

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Northern Landscapes

Work ID: 49969

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Northern Landscapes

Work ID: 49966

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One Piece of Chewed Gum

Work ID: 49958

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Process of Elimination

Work ID: 49961

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Northern Landscapes

Work ID: 49967

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Takes A New Course

Work ID: 49970

Description: from Last Book of Life

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He Hobnobs

Work ID: 49971

Description: from Last Book of Life

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Northern Landscapes

Work ID: 49968

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Language ÷ Emotion + Syntax = Message

Work ID: 49960

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Northern Landscapes

Work ID: 49965

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Action Painting

Work ID: 49977

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The Next Five People

Work ID: 49981

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Palm Tree

Work ID: 49976

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Two People Who Are Dressed Alike

Work ID: 49980

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Rangefinder

Work ID: 49982

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Two Women Carrying Packages

Work ID: 49979

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Making My Own Image

Work ID: 49975

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Rangefinder

Work ID: 49983

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I Am Not Blind

Work ID: 49986

Description: (installation 1980)

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I Am Not Blind

Work ID: 49985

Description: Lions Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum

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I Am Not Blind

Work ID: 49987

Description: (installation 1980)

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I Am Not Blind

Work ID: 49984

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Game Room

Work ID: 49989

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Starry Night

Work ID: 49996

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What Can the Federal Government Do For You?

Work ID: 49998

Description: M.L. D'Arc

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Game Room

Work ID: 49991

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Game Room

Work ID: 49990

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During the first moment of your death:remember

Work ID: 49993

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During the first moment of your death:remember

Work ID: 49994

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Game Room

Work ID: 49992

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Game Room

Work ID: 49988

Description: California State University

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What Can the Federal Government Do For You?

Work ID: 49999

Description: M.L. D'Arc

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What Can the Federal Government Do For You?

Work ID: 49997

Description: M.L. D'Arc

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Diamond Mind

Work ID: 50008

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Cornflakes

Work ID: 50001

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Making You In Our Image

Work ID: 50004

Description: Rotterdam, Holland

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Making You In Our Image

Work ID: 50006

Description: University of Illinois

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Diamond Mind

Work ID: 50009

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Making You In Our Image

Work ID: 50005

Description: Basel, Switzerland

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Diamond Mind

Work ID: 50007

Description: at Ronald Feldman (1979)

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Soho Poster Project

Work ID: 50000

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Diamond Mind

Work ID: 50010

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Diamond Mind

Work ID: 50011

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House of Gloves

Work ID: 50016

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House of Gloves

Work ID: 50013

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House of Gloves

Work ID: 50014

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House of Gloves

Work ID: 50015

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T.V. Setup Fabric

Work ID: 50017

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Cornflakes

Work ID: 50002

Description: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

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Prayer Rug

Work ID: 50012

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Deep Gossip

Work ID: 50018

Description: Ronald Feldman, NY

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Deep Gossip

Work ID: 50019

Description: Ronald Feldman, NY

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Cornflakes

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Deep Gossip

Work ID: 50020

Description: University of Alberta

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Deep Gossip

Work ID: 50021

Description: SUNY at Plattsburg

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Tired Earth – Highway

Work ID: 50022

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Taste Class

Work ID: 50035

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Produce

Work ID: 50041

Description: from: Country Billboards

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DREAM

Work ID: 50033

Description: from: ADS 1980

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HAND WORK

Work ID: 50042

Description: from: Country Billboards

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Toe the Line

Work ID: 50034

Description: from: Country Billboards

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Mother and Child

Work ID: 50026

Description: from: ADS 1980

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States of Consciousness

Work ID: 50031

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GROW

Work ID: 50039

Description: from: Country Billboards

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[installation view]

Work ID: 50032

Description: from: ADS 1980

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STEER

Work ID: 50037

Description: from: Country Billboards

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RACE

Work ID: 50040

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Nuclear

Work ID: 50038

Description: from: Country Billboards

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started a DREAM

Work ID: 50025

Description: from: ADS 1980

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American Motel

Work ID: 50029

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Pink Unconscious

Work ID: 50024

Description: from: ADS 1980

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A Boy Making Sculpture

Work ID: 50023

Description: from: ADS 1980

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The Cat is on her Shoulder

Work ID: 50030

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AMERICAN

Work ID: 50036

Description: from: Country Billboards

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The Art of Leisure

Work ID: 50027

Description: from: ADS 1980

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PINK

Work ID: 50028

Description: from: ADS 1980

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