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Word: cadaverous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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It has long been observed that Americans approach objects in art galleries much as a mortician approaches a cadaver. They take their hats off. They elevate their noses. They tiptoe. While this procedure is undoubtedly appropriate when the exhibit is very bad, John Sloan, at the Independents' exhibition in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Prometheus Unbound | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

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