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When the Harvard statement was first published, Dr. Jose Miro Cardona telephoned John N. Plank '45, instructor in Government, to express his concern over the statement. He felt, according to Plank, that the signers had little comprehension of the real issues in the Cuban situation and was afraid of a trend of thought in this community which assumes that social revolution inevitably entails a violation of human liberties...
...exhibit contains examples from the work of nearly every major modern artist: Chagall, Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Braque, Rouault, and on and on. Most of the books shown are large, deluxe volumes called by the French livres de peintres...
According to L. Gard Wiggins, Administrative Vice President, the artist himself first observed the deleterious effects which a radiator below the mural had caused. While on a visit to the University several months ago, Miro was shocked to find his masterpiece fast approaching a state of ruin...
Disappointment is in store for those unenlightened students who may be rejoicing at the removal of the 6 ft., 2 1/4 in. by 19 ft., 5 1/2 in. configuration of weirdly shaped forms. Miro has generously offered to do a ceramic rendition of the same subject at his own cost...
University officials, however, have encountered a difficulty which makes dates for completition of the new version indefinite, Wiggins stated. Passage from Spain to the U.S. must be arranged for the understudy whom Miro wishes to erect the ceramic base for the mural...