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Exhibition Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles

Sepia photo of a man with white hair behind a table filled with Mesoamerican statuettes
Earl Stendahl with Maya Figurines, ca. 1960s (detail), Florence Homolka. Photo © Florence Homolka. Getty Research Institute, [2017.M.38][1] [1]: http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21177919370001551

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Drawing, full body of a person with curly black hair, turned to the left and leaning against a stick

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Ornate canopy bed, with draped blue curtains forming the canopy and blue upholstery on the gold bed frame

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A statue of naked man petting a wolf and holding a large stick, photographed inside the Getty Villa gallery

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Purple flowers with bright green leaves and stems.

Each one of Van Gogh’s irises is unique. He studied their movements and shapes to create a variety of curved silhouettes.

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