When Painter Clyfford Still Sent Rubber Underpants to a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Female Art Critic
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In 1952, years before she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, art critic Emily Genauer received a pair of rubber underpants in the mail — the kind of underpants babies wore before the advent of disposable diapers.
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The Man and the Myth: Clyfford Still and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
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Mythbusting: Clyfford Still – Clyfford Still Museum
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Smithsonian Institution Archives - Page 3 of 5 - Hyperallergic
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Carmen Tisch 'punched and scratched $40m Clyfford Still painting
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Smithsonian Institution Archives - Page 3 of 5 - Hyperallergic
The Clyfford Still Museum commissioned Colorfully Courageous Clyfford Still, a book for children ages 8–12 that explores the art and life of abstract
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Colorfully Courageous Clyfford Still
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Art Is a Force for Life, Not Death': Clyfford Still on the Power of Painting, in 1976
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Clyfford Still Archives - Hyperallergic
The Clyfford Still Museum commissioned Colorfully Courageous Clyfford Still, a book for children ages 8–12 that explores the art and life of abstract
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Colorfully Courageous Clyfford Still
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Art Is a Force for Life, Not Death': Clyfford Still on the Power of Painting, in 1976