Pastel Journal - USA (2020-04)

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by Paula Rego

PRIVATE COLLECTION.

©PAULA REGO, COURTESY OF

MARLBOROUGH, NEW YORK

AND LONDON.

“Paula Rego: Obedience and

Defiance” previously showed at MK

Gallery in Milton Keynes, England,

and will travel to the Irish Museum

of Modern Art, in Dublin. PJ

nationalgalleries.org

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