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Essen
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Picking cherries, oil on canvas, 24 x 31 in., from an
exhibition of paintings and graphics by Carlos
Gonzalez-Jañez (from Chile) at Schaumann,
Hans-Luther Allee 21, until February 17. This is the
artist's first one-man show in Europe.
Milan
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Transparenze di cristalli di rocca 1967, 24 x 24 in.,
by Comparotto Enzo at Cadario, via della Spiga 7,
through February. Born in Milan in 1929, Enzo still
lives and works there.
Madrid
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Espejo para el caballero de la mano en el pecho 1967,
64 x 45 in., by Manuel Rivera at Juana Mordo,
Villa Nueva 7, at the beginning of February. The
exhibition is of 'mythical' drawings. Manuel Rivera
was born in Granada in 1927 and is now teaching
painting and drawing in the Escuela Superior de
Sevilla. He was co-founder and member of the
group 'El Paso' Madrid in 1957 and has exhibited in
Madrid, São Paulo, Venice, New York, Paris,
Brussels and Tokyo. (Prices around $600.)
Stockholm
29
Campbell's soup 1965, acrylic and silkscreen enamel
on canvas, 36 x 24 in., by Andy Warhol at Moderna
Museet, S. Blaisieholmshammen 16, from February 3
to March 3. Warhol was born in Philadelphia, U.S.A.
in 1930 and has lived in New York since 1952. This
exhibition shows his series-produced works and
includes continuous performances of several of his
films.
Basle
30
L'administration des leurres 1963, oil on canvas,
51 x 76 in., by Jean Dubuffet at Beyeler, Baumlein-
gasse 9, through February and March. Born in 1901
in Le Havre, Dubuffet studied in Paris at the
Academie Julian. His first one-man show was at the
Galerie René Drouin, Paris in 1944 and his first show
in New York in 1946 at Pierre Matisse Gallery. In
1962 the Museum of Modern Art, New York held a
major retrospective of his work, which is influenced
by the painting of children and mental patients. He
incorporates materials such as sand, coal and glass
into his paintings.
New York
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Seascape 1967, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 5 ft., by
Tom Wesselmann at Sidney Janis, 15 East 57th
Street until March 2. Although he is one of the
major contributors to the American Pop Art move-
ment, Wesselmann's paintings have yet to get a
showing in London.