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The Purge of Modern Trends PATRICIA RAILING The Purge of Modern Trends Patricia Railing has published widely on the Russian Avant-Garde. She is $IRECTOR OF !RTISTS s "OOKWORKS THAT PUBLISHES REPRINTS OF EARLY TH CENTURY artists’ books and writings, as well as studies on the Russian Avant-Garde. 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