Yayoi Kusama

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American sculptor Vinnie Ream (1847-1914) and her bust of Abraham Lincoln on the stand used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her. Photo taken between 1865 and 1870. Her full sized Lincoln See Asset: 182233

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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.

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Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

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National Museum of Fine Arts. National museum building located on peninsula Blasieholmen in city centre with near Lake Malaren channel view from old town quarter Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Born	March 22, 1929 (age 96) • Matsumoto • Japan
Awards And Honors	Praemium Imperiale (2006)
Notable Works	“Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead” • “Mirror Room (Pumpkin)”
Movement / Style	Minimalism • Pop art

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Tracey Emin

British artist

Zhang Huan

Chinese artist

Robert Irwin

American painter and sculptor

Ellsworth Kelly

American painter, sculptor, and printmaker

Ana Mendieta

Cuban-born artist

Lee Ufan

Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet

Maurizio Cattelan

Italian artist

Tony Smith

American architect, sculptor, and painter

Claes Oldenburg

American artist

Christo

Bulgarian artist

Ai Weiwei

Chinese activist and artist

Anselm Kiefer

German painter

Georg Baselitz

German artist

Robert Rauschenberg

American artist

Takashi Murakami

Japanese artist and entrepreneur

Richard Serra

American artist

Jasper Johns

American painter

Sir Anthony Caro

British sculptor

Robert Ryman

American painter

Piero del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

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