Passage: Reviewers had often described the painter as 'restrained.' Comparing…

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Passage: Reviewers had often described the painter as 'restrained.' Comparing the late paintings against the early ones, however, a recent retrospective made the case that what looks like restraint is the residue of a process — paintings were begun expansively and progressively scraped back until only the durable elements remained. The retrospective recasts 'restraint' as:

• A.a personal trait
• B.a fashion
• C.laziness
• D.the visible result of a process of reduction