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# What Should the Great American Painting Depict?
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/what-should-the-great-american-painting-depict/
- Published: 2017-10-02T10:53:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:47:03.000Z
- Description: When the painter William Morris Hunt set out to distill the American spirit to its essence, he was faced with a familiar dilemma.
- Author: Jessica Campbell
- Tags: Comics, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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