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"The Afghans," by Russian artist Alexandre Iacovleff, hung for decades inside a North Attleborough school auditorium. (north attleborough photo via ASSOCIATED PRESS) |
A treasure in plain sight
From school wall, canvas may head to auction block
For generations, the giant painting of white-robed Afghan tribesmen and their horses resting on a mountaintop made children stop and wonder how such a colorful canvas ended up hanging on an auditorium wall of their public school in North Attleborough. (Full article: 889 words)
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