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Hiltunen was born into a prosperous family in 1922. Her father invested in automobiles and her mother was a strong supporter of her only child. The family's prospects changed dramatically during the economic crash of 1929 and her father took to drink. He died in 1941 and it was her mother who brought
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Although her abstract sculpture of pipes is now well regarded as an important
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Hiltunen is most famous for the
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