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Catherine Murphy Has Her Cake and Eats It Too

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Catherine Murphy Has Her Cake and Eats It Too
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — I first saw Catherine Murphy’s work at the now-defunct Xavier Fourcade gallery on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1980, and I have admired it ever since. Her career began when her paintings were included in the 1972 Annual Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art (a precursor to the Biennial). Since then, Murphy has characterized herself as an “observational painter” who bases her work on what she sees. Throughout her career, ho

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