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Chirico and Miro, two artists identified with that final phase of expressionism known as Surrealism, are represented in the exhibit. "Two Steeds", the canvas by Chirico, is charming both in its color and obvious content, aside from an elaborate allegorical significance. On the other hand, Miro's composition, entitled "Abstraction", is meaningless without an understanding of the artist's intention...
This picture has been very appropriately hung directly behind Brancusi's "Golden Bird" since this is the one piece of sculpture, the significance of which is as difficult for the casual observer to grasp as is that of Miro's painting...
Prominent among the painters whose work is being shown are Giorgio de Chirico, Raoul Dufy, Marcel Gromaire, Moise Kisling, Marie Laurencin, Joan Miro, Amadeo Modigliani, and Maurice Vlaminck. "Golden Bird" by Constantin Brancusi occupies a conspicuous place among the sculpture being exhibited, included in which are also pieces by Charles Despiau and Aristide Maillol...
...exhibition will include paintings in oil and water colors, sculpture, prints, and examples of decorative art. Among the outstanding works in oil which will be shown are a still life by Georges Bracque. "Twin Steeds" by Giorgio de Chirico. "Taormina" by Raoul Dufy. "Abstraction" by John Miro, and a picture by Laurencin...
...Warburg '30 and John Walker III '30 leave today for New York to assemble pictures for the coming exhibit. Among the painters whose works will undoubtedly be represented in their selection are Laurencin, Chirico, Dufy, and Miro. Sculptors such as Despiau and Maillol will also find themselves among those whose works are to be chosen. The absence from the exhibition of paintings by Matisse, Derain, Picasso, and Bracque is explained by the fact that their work will be included in the display of the Fogg Museum, inasmuch as these artists fall on the border line between the nineteenth and twentieth...