Many of us were still at lunch, others were already outside, standing motionless on the streets and sidewalks, gazing up.

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Typically he would paint around 400 figures a day, standing almost motionless at the easel.

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"Everyone is just pretty much standing there motionless with their cameras out, " wrote one.

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