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Word: tetraptychon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Manhattan's Plaza Hotel in robin's-egg blue, cork walls and homespun tapestries to hang the rest. Over his marble fireplace hangs old Mr. Guggenheim's favorite of the moment, one of a series of four arrangements of circles and lines by Rudolf Bauer entitled Tetraptychon (see p. 36), but he is also extremely fond of two pictures by a young artist known simply as Shwab. Shwab's exact birthplace, first name, parents and background have so far eluded research. According to the Baroness, he "lives in isolation in Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Non-Objects | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

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