Stranger Black & White America has proved a rich

America has proved a rich vein for sourcing paintings in the last decade but unusually this American oil turned up in a London saleroom

I really ought to be offering a best caption prize for this one

rather implying that he had died some time before

regardless of the content inside

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Stranger Black & White America has proved a richStranger, n. one who is an alien, from outside of one's familiar circle or kindred Sympathy, fear, ridicule and fascination are all expressed by this group of individuals, as they stumble unexpectedly across a stranger. But why? Is the stranger so very different from the figures surrounding her? And in which of the five characters do we find ourselves reflected?