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Warm Up, Cool Down, (detail), 1979, acrylic on canvas by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, photo credit: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust

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Self Portrait, 1951, oil on cardboard by Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), © the artist, photo credit: Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh)

1951, oil on cardboard by Barbara Balmer (1929–2017)
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Three Tahitans, (detail), 1988, oil on canvas by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), photo credit: National Galleries of Scotland

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A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula, (detail), early 1650s, oil on copper by Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679), photo credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula
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