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By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.

Abe Ajay

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Abe Ajay
Age: 78 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: January 1
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