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The model, first stone
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The model, first stone

Bellows, George, 1882-1925 · 1917

CC0 — Public Domain
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On viewing his painting "Torso of a Girl," Bellows' mother commented, "It's bad enough George, to paint a girl with both her breasts bare, but to show only one is nasty." (Mason)

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