Word: supercrook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what false in cubist representation, where fragments of the real world (including the news) combined with unreal space. To complicate things further, the man at the café-melting away, like the elusive Pimpernel, into the wood work-probably depicts Gris' favorite character pulp fiction. He was a supercrook named Fantómas, whose nefarious deeds were eagerly devoured by Picasso, Apollinaire and everyone in the cubist circle. Appearing and disappearing at will, frustrating the law at every turn, Fantómas was to cubism what Superman, 50 years later, would be to Pop. He epitomized the grand game...
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