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GLOUCESTER, MA: Usually I’m against cluttering up an exhibition with period photographs and related bric-a-brac—believing that a show’s concentration should be on the world created inside, not outside, works of art. I appreciate, however, that context matters: Seeing historical objects and ephemera alongside artworks sometimes adds flavor and helps viewers to connect to an exhibition’s subject and, by extension, its works of art.

 

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