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My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

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Eli Broad
Age: 87 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 6
Died: 2021
Died: April 30
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