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does this is not entirely concealed. for one can always
sense the artist's awareness of the phantasy of the
external world. Vera Pagava insists on the essential
solitude of each object in her still-lites and then pro­
vides the opposite effect in collective compositions and
collections of forms-either with human figures. as in
her battle-scenes. or with houses. as in her townscapes.
Avigdor Arikha enables us to follow a symbolic life of
the soul-the life that runs through the whole of this
collection. His initial. severe expressionism-verging on
caricature-has remained only in his violent rhythms. for
his later work is abstract. though still suggestive of the
human element and still issuing from an emotionally
selected palette. The art of Francis Bott seeks for a
certain purity. the intellectual content of which works
upon the mechanism of the sensibility in a manner that
recalls the poetry of Mallarme.
Besides these few. some other artists are less per­
manently represented in this collection. although they
are chosen with sincere admiration. Here. too. one can
easily perceive the sentimental feelings that have
occasioned the choice. Balthus-in the works in this
collection-is less disturbing. but no less serious than
elsewhere. Geer Van Veld attains an extreme refinement
of expression. Lesieur. Cottavoz. Music and Hundert-
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