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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.

Walter Darby Bannard

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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
Printmaker
New Haven
Connecticut
Darby Bannard
W. Darby Bannard
Walter Bannard
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Casual
Good
Carries
Always
Carrie
Choice
Choices
High
Simple
Density
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Seeming

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