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The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.

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Michael Scott
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 29
Actor
Clergyman
Executive Producer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
Television Producer
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ken Tremendous
Contentious
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Cezanne

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