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Relax Senator Helms, the art world is your kind of place!
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Relax Senator Helms, the art world is your kind of place!

PortfolioFrom the "Portfolio Compleat"
Date1989
MediumOffset lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 559 x 432 mm. (22 x 17 in.)
Credit LineWomen's Committee Acquisitions Endowment for Contemporary Prints and Photographs
Object number2015.47.25
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Last Updated1/11/24
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Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs; I already have given you a downpayment of 100 Francs, plus another 50 Francs later, which makes the total 150 Francs. I now give you another 1'000 Francs, which brings the total to 150'000. Please be so kind to sign that we are even now.
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