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Word: affixing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...failure who ran off to the South Seas because he couldn't make the grade, who painted distorted pictures over which "the shapely natives had every reason to bring libel suits." "At their worst," said Mr. Coburn firmly, "[their paintings] resembled the crude elemental expressions which nitwits affix to sidewalks, barn doors and elsewhere-especially elsewhere." To him Boston was "a community which today possesses the best school of painting in existence anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sane Boston | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

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