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Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.

Leonard Baskin

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Leonard Baskin
Age: 77 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 15
Died: 2000
Died: June 3
Artist
Graphic Artist
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New Brunswick
New Jersey
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