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Alberto
[al-bair-toh;; Italian ahl-ber-taw] /ælˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter.
noun
Alberto (alˈbɛrto). 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter, noted particularly for his long skeletal statues of isolated figures
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