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Crawford's institutional overview describes Irish and European painting and sculpture from the eighteenth century onward, Canova casts, works on paper, contemporary video, and other media. It also states that the gallery is closed during a major redevelopment. That published collection history belongs to Crawford; a Cork attribution, similar subject, or resemblance to an illustrated holding does not authenticate or transfer the provenance of an unrelated work.
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