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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Maja and Two Toreros, its gaily clad figures oddly accented by the sinister tones of its wooded background. Under Kress conditions, Houston would not have gotten the pictures unless they could be displayed in an air-conditioned gallery. New air conditioning was contributed by rich, young (40) Oilman John Blaffer. Said Blaffer recently: "I'm a whisky and trombone man myself. [But] Texas is reaching an artistic and cultural stage comparable to New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Autumn Harvest | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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