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Alex Carver: Who would have thought that the whole of my life's work would be worth less than the room it was painted in?
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Alex Carver: [narrating] When Ruth and I first moved to Brooklyn, it was like an outpost. To our friends in Manhattan, we might as well have moved to Nebraska. It was out of fashion, but a good place for a struggling artist like me. And we liked it, which was good, because it was all we could afford.
Violet Krumbein
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