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| Title | A Concise History of Modern Painting Praeger world of art series |
| Author | Herbert Read |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Praeger, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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