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One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.

Henry Moore

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Henry Moore
Age: 88 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 30
Died: 1986
Died: August 31
Graphic Artist
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Watercolorist
Henry Spencer Moore
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