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Matisse, 1940s

Lino mounted on wood backing

Barron and Larcher, 1920s

Living: The linocut. When linoleum* was invented in 
1860 it was soon taken up by artists and textile designers 
as a more pliable carving material than wood.

*linum: flax, oleum: oil

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