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When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art
Written by Matthew Algeo
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President Harry Truman and painter Pablo Picasso were contemporaries who were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century.
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Matthew Algeo
Matthew Algeo is an award-winning journalist who has reported from three continents for public radio’s All Things Considered, Marketplace, and Morning Edition. He is the author of The President Is a Sick Man and Last Team Standing.
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