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The shape of my work's development becomes a little clearer every time I am forced to articulate it.
Anne Truitt
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Anne Truitt
Age: 83 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 16
Died: 2004
Died: December 23
Artist
Drawer
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Sculptor
Baltimore
Maryland
Anne Dean Truitt
Anne Dean
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