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White Crucifixion
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “painting by marc chagall”. Today it says “painting by marc chagall depicting the crucifixion of jesus”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
White Crucifixion is a painting by Marc Chagall depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus . It was painted in 1938 after Chagall had visited Europe, and is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago .1 The Art Institute of Chicago .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “painting by marc chagall”. Today it says “painting by marc chagall depicting the crucifixion of jesus”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
painting by marc chagall
Now
painting by marc chagall depicting the crucifixion of jesus
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