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I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.
Roy Lichtenstein
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Roy Lichtenstein
Age: 73 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 27
Died: 1997
Died: September 29
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