Agnes Martin, 92, Leading Abstract Artist Who Lived in N.M. Artists’ Haven
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Agnes Martin, one of the world’s foremost abstract artists, whose spare paintings reflected the simple life she sought, died yesterday in Taos, N.M. She was 92. Martin had lived a simple life in the artists’ haven in northern New Mexico since 1991, even as her art grew in popularity in major cities throughout the world.
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