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When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Released
Stands
Edges
Subject
Subjects
Alone
Thing
Windowless

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