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Word: bookend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...also likes animals better than people, rates the race-tracky smell of Absorbine Jr. (used to rub down horses) higher than My Sin. Because well-heeled horse and dog owners like to have portraits of their pets on their mantelpieces, Sculptress Harrah charges much higher prices than the average bookend and paper weight animal sculptor, gets $200 for a bronze dog, $700 up for a bronze horse. For four years June Harrah has supported herself with her sculpture. She was educated at a swank finishing school, never had any systematic training in art, knows nothing about the work of other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Animal Week | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

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