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Drawing by Bohdan Butenko
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Butenko Abiit, non obiit

“Przekrój” Remembers Bohdan Butenko
Joanna Domańska
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He used to come every three months. A handsome, gray-haired gentleman with a youthful sparkle in his eye, a charming smile, and a large leather briefcase.

From that briefcase, carefully, almost ceremoniously, he was taking out drawings signed “Butenko pinxit,” and a moment later, the air in the room was full of sighs of awe or bursts of laughter, or both at once. The pictures were filled

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