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Richard Hunt

1935–2023

United States

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Richard Howard Hunt (September 12, 1935 – December 16, 2023) was an American artist and sculptor. In the second half of the 20th century, he became "the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture." A Chicago native, Hunt studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1950s. While there he received multiple prizes for his work.

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