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Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker examine The Seated Scribe at Musée du Louvre.

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Alphonse Mucha, Poster for the publishing house of F. Champenois, 1897. Color lithograph.

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Modern

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Joel Shapiro, untitled, 2019, painted bronze, , 71-3/4" × 65-1/2" × 31-1/2" (182.2 cm × 166.4 cm × 80 cm) .

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