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Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death.

Leonard Baskin

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Leonard Baskin
Age: 77 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 15
Died: 2000
Died: June 3
Artist
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Printer
Sculptor
Writer
Xylographer
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Fighting
Death
Art
Human
Humans
Way
Men
Distinctly

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