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Kauffman's wall relief sculptures are his most well known work. Throughout his career, Kauffman has explored the use of unorthodox materials. Art historian Susan C. Larsen notes:
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Kauffman first exhibited at the Felix Landau
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108:(March 31, 1932 – May 9, 2010) was an artist who has exhibited since 1951. Kauffman's primarily abstract paintings and wall relief sculptures are included in over 20 museum collections, including the
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Kauffman's work has maintained its radiant color and its emphasis on certain sensuous physical properties of his materials.
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acrylic wall reliefs. Works from the late 1960s have been described by former
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