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I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.

Frank Auerbach

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Frank Auerbach
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: April 29
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Berlin
Germany
Frank Helmuth Auerbach
Franck Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach
Every
Recalls
Things
Considered
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Finished
Picture
Working
Often
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