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Word: calligraphic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rough as rock, her breasts were like sheep's eyes, her puny thighs terminated in doughnut knees. But the picture's very crudeness gave it drama. Backed into a dark corner, the body was startlingly white. At first glance the brush work might seem clumsy as a calligraph drawn in a Chinese kindergarten, but it made space of the flat paper, and crammed it with fat, interlocked sausages of light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hard Lines | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

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