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An Object of Beauty
Author: Steve Martin
Copyright: 2010
Copyright: 2010
Setting Year: 1995
Setting Decade: 1990s
Main Themes: Museums, Romance, Women's Lives
Excerpt: She wound down the vast interior stairs of the National Gallery. The cavernous entrance had little art to be seen. Only a gigantic, though airy, Calder mobile, swaying from above, indicated that this was an art museum and not an intergalactic headquarters. Submitted by: Bryan Hilley
Excerpt Page Number: 51
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Setting Year: 1995
Setting Decade: 1990s
Main Themes: Museums, Romance, Women's Lives
Excerpt: In the Hirshhorn, she sped along with the same gallop as at the National Gallery, racing by masterpieces with her head swiveling. One picture, however, stuck her feet in cement. Painted in 1967, Ed Ruscha's large canvas depicted the Los Angeles County Museum on fire. Submitted by: Bryan Hilley
Excerpt Page Number: 55
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