Artists Unframed

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It is often difficult to separate the artist from their creative work, but a new treasure of a book, Artists Unframed, provides the opportunity to do just that. A hunt through the extensive collection of letters, diaries and albums at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art has thrown up a joyful collection of images of artists at play. Divested of the strictures of their easels and…