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Partially seen from behind, sculptor I mistook for painter (4)

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I believe the answer is:

miro

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'sculptor i mistook for painter' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'partially seen from behind' is the wordplay.
'partially seen' becomes 'mir' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'from' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'behind' says to put letters next to each other.
'mir'+'o'='MIRO'

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(Other definitions for miro that I've seen before include "Joan -, twentieth century Spanish surrealist painter" , "He painted" , "Joan --, Spanish artist" , "Catalan artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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