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His inspiration appears more “childhood ducks” or novelty store rejects than, say, Rene Magritte or Lucian Freud.

In a video interview from her home in Los Angeles, her own artwork on the wall behind her, Beane spoke about her affection for Charlie Kaufman, ����é Magritte and the band Big Thief.

A dozen of the sales involved Sotheby’s, and the trial is focusing on the sales of four specific works — a Modigliani sculpture and paintings by da Vinci, Klimt and Magritte.

Other artworks that Kornstein said involved improper markups that will be addressed at the trial were a Modigliani sculpture and paintings by Gustav Klimt and Rene Magritte.

Like his Surrealist forebear ����é Magritte, Basil Pao began his artistic career as a graphic designer, creating album and book covers and Monty Python posters in 1970s New York.