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"description": "Santa Barbara, CA, University of California at Santa Barbara Art Gallery First Comprehensive Retrospective Exhibition in the West of Oils, Gouaches, Pastels, Drawings and Graphic Works by Max Weber (5 February - 13 March 1968); traveled to San Francisco, CA, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (19 April - 19 May 1968); traveled to Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Museum of Art (28 May - 25 June 1968); traveled to San Diego, CA, San Diego Fine Arts Gallery (5 July - 18 August 1968); cat. no. 39, ill. p. 69.",
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