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Library of Congress Control Number: 2025937624
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Editor: Leslie Murrell
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Design: Tasso Stathopulos
Cover image: Miguel Covarrubias, Art Forms of the Pacific (Pageant of the Pacific series), 1940. Print reproduction, 16 × 24 in. The Frederick R. Mayer Library at the Denver Art Museum. © María Elena Rico Covarrubias. Photography courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.