Thornton Dial, the African American artist whose vivid brand of sculptural abstraction and assemblage earned the artist a place in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art at the Met, passed away this week at the age of 87 in his McCalla, Alabama home.  “I’d never seen any artist’s works,†Mr. Dial said in 1997. “I can’t copy off anybody because it’s something I do my own self.â€
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