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The Bain of His Existence

The Bain of His Existence

Art

By Robert Grossman

January 25, 2012

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Robert GrossmanRobert Grossman is a New York native and an accomplished artist in many media. He studied fine art at Yale and has won accolades for his comics, illustrations, paintings and cartoon-like clay sculptures. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for an animated short in 1978. A longtime Nation contributor, his work has appeared on the covers of more than 500 national magazines.


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