canvas
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And Angèle is talented and well-known in Parisian beauty circles, but is beginning to feel that her canvas is the bare page, not a model’s bare face.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
The nearly 8-foot-tall canvas surpassed the $33.6 million paid in 2008 by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for a companion view of Tilley, 1995’s “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures, an early stage Indian start-up backer said Shah was getting an "even bigger canvas to paint his bold brushstrokes in".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
“You know it isn’t real, you know that ‘La Caverne du Pont-Neuf’ is not made of rock, that this is printed canvas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
Poor Jeb was hunkered down under a piece of canvas that covered the woodpile when Sal and I finally came outside.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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