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Wood & Harrison, WATERING CANS, 2001

• Still Life

• Still Life is one of the principle genres of Western art. The term was derived from the Dutch word stilleven and first appeared in the 17th Century to denote a type of painting featuring inanimate everyday objects. The French term nature morte followed, similarly defining a category in which commonplace…

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