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| Yves Saint Laurent Ensemble (dolman-sleeved blouse and skirt) 1970 silk crepe Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona |
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| Niki de Saint-Phalle Rain Clouds and Tears 1970 lithograph Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Harold Barling Town Rudolph Valentino 1970 lithograph Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia |
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| Dieter Roth Print 4 (Recto) 1970 screenprint and lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Dieter Roth Print 5 (Recto) 1970 screenprint and lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Patrick Heron Six in Light Orange and Red in Yellow 1970 screenprint Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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| Patrick Heron Six in Vermilion and Vermilion in Red 1970 screenprint Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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| Luchita Hurtado Untitled 1970 lithograph Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Fanny Sanin Acrylic no. 13 1970 acrylic on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ray Robinson Marion Gariepy lying on Persian Rug in Garden 1970 pastel on paper Museum London, Ontario |
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| Gene Davis Halifax 1970 screenprint San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Pedro Friedeberg El Teosofista Desobediente 1970 acrylic on board Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Jack Chambers Lake Huron no. 1 1970 oil on canvas Museum London, Ontario |
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| Peter Booth Painting 1970 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Pierre Gaudard Cycle Réparation 1970 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Francis Bacon Triptych 1970 oil on canvases National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from New Year Letter
They challenge, warn and witness. Who
That ever has the rashness to
That ever has the rashness to
Believe that he is one of those
The greatest of vocations chose,
Is not perpetually afraid
That he's unworthy of his trade,
As round his tiny homestead spread
The grand constructions of the dead,
Not conscious, as he works, of their
Complete uncompromising stare,
And the surveillance of a board
Whose warrant cannot be ignored?
O often, often must he face,
Whether the critics blame or praise,
Whether the critics blame or praise,
Young, high-brow, popular or rich,
That summary tribunal which
In a perpetual session sits,
And answer, if he can, to its
Intense interrogation. Though
Considerate and mild and low
The voices of the questioners,
Although they delegate to us
Both prosecution and defense,
Accept our rules of evidence
And pass no sentence but our own,
Yet, as he faces them alone,
O who can show convincing proof
That he is worthy of their love?
– W.H. Auden (1940)