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(Encyclopedia) Delaunay-Terk, SoniaDelaunay-Terk, Soniadəlōnāˈ-tĕrkˈ [key], 1885–1979, Russian painter and designer; wife of Robert Delaunay. Raised in St. Petersburg, she moved to Paris in 1905.…
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