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Discuss “A must-see three at the Carnegie Museum of Art”

Few people manage to progress from art-centric-buzzword status to household name. Those that do become household names usually have to spend a few years six feet under the ground before they attract the big crowds and rake in the big dollars — Picasso will bring in a much larger crowd than Jonathan Borofsky, and Frank Lloyd Wright will bring in a much larger crowd than, say, six London architecture firms being classified as “Gritty Brits.”

More illustrious artists face yet another problem: once they have created a niche for themselves, people tend to forget their other talents — most know of Rembrandt as a painter, but few know of him as a prolific etcher.

The Carnegie Museum of Art (CMA) is tackling three lesser-knowns in three must-see...

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