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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
       27
       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
       28
       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

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       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
      31
      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.
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