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Who is Overton Irwin from Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin and what is their importance?

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Overton Irwin was Robert's father. He owned a thriving construction business in the twenties, only to lose everything he had during the Great Depression.

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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin