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“I buy art in order to live with it at home or in the office, never to store it away in a vault. In fact, living with art has been one of the great joys of my life. It is a private pleasure, however, and not one that I have an urge to inflict on other people.”

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Michael Audain is an individual whose profession and category are unknown. He was born on July 31, 1937. Specific details about his life and achievements are limited. more

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