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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Abstraction
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Implication
Mystery
Suggestion
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