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The size, scale, provenance, historicity, and repair status are just a few examples of things to consider prior to purchasing.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
Her sudden pivot from folk-music historicity to pop ubiquity was breathtaking.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
For Enwezor, Simpson’s work bears witness to a passage from representation to historicity in the course of which an individual becomes a metaphor for a group that is more than the sum of its parts.
—Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Spinoza, who was excommunicated partly for critiquing the historicity of Biblical episodes, including Esther’s, believed that, though a force existed, continuous with nature, which might be called divine, no faith in divine intervention in human life could be trusted.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 July 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
Her sudden pivot from folk-music historicity to pop ubiquity was breathtaking.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
For Enwezor, Simpson’s work bears witness to a passage from representation to historicity in the course of which an individual becomes a metaphor for a group that is more than the sum of its parts.
—Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Spinoza, who was excommunicated partly for critiquing the historicity of Biblical episodes, including Esther’s, believed that, though a force existed, continuous with nature, which might be called divine, no faith in divine intervention in human life could be trusted.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 July 2025
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“Historicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historicity. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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