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Jack Whitten

1939–2018

United States

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Jack Whitten (December 5, 1939 – January 20, 2018) was an American abstract painter and sculptor. According to the Museum of Modern Art, he "invented art-making techniques that were the first of their kind." In 2016, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts.

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