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Driven to sell as many paintings as possible, Alfred Hair, an influential figure among the landscape artists known as the Florida Highwaymen, pioneered "fast painting," a technique (which in part involved swift applications of paint) that many Highwaymen, including Livingston Roberts, adopted. To conclude that this approach accounts for the ethereal qualities now synonymous with the Highwaymen aesthetic is tempting but inaccurate, as Hair's methods weren't universally practiced by his affiliates:George Buckner, for example, painted with greater deliberateness but achieved the same effects.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

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It considers and rebuts an interpretation of the effect of a painting technique mentioned earlier in the text on the perception of work by a group of artists.

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It details evidence that contradicts a claim mentioned earlier in the text about a long-standing disagreement within a group of artists.

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It establishes a contrast between the aesthetic qualities of works by artists who were central to a movement and those of an artist who was more peripheral to that movement.

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It explains how an artist mentioned earlier in the text developed a distinctive style by adapting a particular approach to painting originated by his colleagues.

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