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JS Cartier won admission to the Ecole nationale des Arts appliqués in Paris (1950) but left after four months to emigrate to the US (1951). He settled first in Boston, then in New York where he had his first show of abstract paintings (1952) before being drafted in the US Army. Following his tour of duty (1952-54), Cartier went to study drawing, painting and lithography at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford (1957-60) on the "GI Bill" and he exhibited there often.
Back in New York (1960), Cartier followed the abstract-expressionist school and was strongly influenced by Pollock, Kline, de Kooning and Tworkov but also Newman, Still and Rothko. Cartier also began to photograph at this time and he recorded the destruction of Lower Manhattan on color slides, all of which were subsequently stolen (1965); this work marked the beginning of the series of "X" paintings Pulitzer prizewinner Carolyn Kizer mentions in "Midnight Was My Cry". At the end of the 60's, Cartier was using auto lacquers on plexiglas modules and shaped canvases and the "white colors" of his sprayed paintings became more and more minimal. Beginning in the 70's, he experimented with liquid acrylics running down the top edge of the canvas, creating a "waterfall" effect; this was followed by the first paintings of the "Windows" series, followed in 1987-88 by an experiment incorporating painting, newspaper pages and photographs.
In 1994, JS Cartier moved to France. That summer, he began a series of large works on canvas, returning to the themes and symbols which had always inspired him: windows, grids, the "X" symbol, pyramids and clouds, worked into conflicting complexity. Lately, Cartier has been working on triptych and quadriptych supports, with a limited range of
colors. At the same time, Cartier pursued his photographic career.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS :
(* one-person shows)
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Caravan Gallery
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New York, NY
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1952
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Panoras Gallery
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New York, NY
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1956
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New York City Center
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New York, NY
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1956
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Galerie
des Arts
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New York, NY
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1956
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St.Hilda's
College
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Oxford,
UK
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1956
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Ashmolean
Museum
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Oxford,
UK
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1959
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Bear
Lane Gallery
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Oxford,
UK
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1959
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| Lincoln
College
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Oxford,
UK
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1959
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| Bear
Lane Gallery
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Oxford,
UK
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1960
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| Molton
Gallery
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London,
UK
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1961
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| Salon
d'Automne
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Paris,
France
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1962
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| Bertuch
Gallery
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New York, NY
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1964
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| New
York Six Gallery
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New York, NY
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1964
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| Scott
Galleries
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Seattle,
WN, USA
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1964
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| New
York University
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New York, NY
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1968
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| Gallery
Fifty-Five
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Brooklyn,
NY
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1968
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| Centre
culturel Amér.
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Paris,
France
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1971
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| Musée
Municipal
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Brest, France
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1971
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| Théâtre
Municipal
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Caen,
France
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1972
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| Musée
Fabre |
Montpellier,
France |
1973 |
| Palais
des Congrès
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Perpignan,
France
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1973
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| Musée
des Beaux-Arts
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Orange,
France
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1973
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| The
American Library
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Brussels,
Belgium
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1973
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| Descartes
Huis
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Amsterdam,
Netherlands
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1973-4
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| Limited
Art Editions *
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New York, NY
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1984
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| Centre
d'Art contemporain
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Fontenoy, France
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1996
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| Collégiale
Saint-Pierre
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Avallon,
France
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1996
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| Salles
du Marché Couvert
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Sens,
France
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1996
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| Salles
de l'Ancienne Mairie
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Villeneuve s/Yonne, France
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1996
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| Hôtel-Dieu
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Tonnerre,
France
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1996
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| Ligny
Romanesque Church
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Ligny-le-Châtel,
France
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1996
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| 3rd
Painting & Sculpture Biennal
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Auxerre, France
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1997
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COLLECTIONS (partial listing) :
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Jean Bruller, Paris; Dr. Perez-Tamayo, Mexico; Stanley Moss, New York; Carolyn
Kizer, San Francisco & Paris; Benjamin Ichinose, San Francisco; Timothy Knox, Boston; Lord Dacre & Lady Alexandra Haig, London; Karl von Frieling & Patricia Warburg
Cliff, New York; Charles I. Levene, Cambridge, UK; Yvette Mallet, Paris; Suzanne Jacot, New York; Jacques & Alexandra
Bouhet, Paris & New York; Pierrette Fleutiaux, Paris; Alain Wagneur, Paris; Thérèse Heymans, Brussels,
Belgium; Mathilde Bellaigue, Paris; Lady Honey, Oxford, UK; Pierre & Yvette Bourget, Paris; Lord Kerr, Oxford,
UK; Hoare's Bank, London; The ITEL Corp., San Francisco, Somerville
College, Oxford, UK, Lady Taylor, Oxford, UK; the estates of Thomas Merton and
Norman Cousins; A & C Nayer, Brussels; G Farre & N Duval, Paris...
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GUEST CURATORSHIPS :
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| "Maîtres-verriers",
French Cultural Services, New York, NY
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1970
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| "Early
Foujita Drawings", French Cultural Services, NYC
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1971
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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (partial listing) :
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| Robert
Rauschenberg Change Grant
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1984
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| Lee
Krasner/Jackson Pollock Foundation Grant
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1986
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TELEVISION :
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| Belgian
Television (New York)
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1975
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| Interview/Artistes
Contemporains Icaunais (France)
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1996
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RADIO :
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| France-Culture
(J Chaigneau) Paris
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1972
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DAILIES :
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France-Amérique (NY)
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1956
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New York Herald Tribune (NY)
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1956
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The New York Post (NY)
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1956
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The Oxford Times (Oxford)
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1960
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Daily Telegraph (London)
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1960
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The Manchester Guardian (Manchester)
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1960
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Cherwell (Oxford)
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1960
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Oxford Mail (Oxford)
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1960
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Sunday News (NY)/David McLane
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1962
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Le Journal de l'Amateur d'Art (Paris)/P Imbourg
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1962
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International Herald Tribune (Paris)
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1971
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La Voix du Nord (Lille, France)
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1971
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L'Express (Paris)
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1971
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L'Est Républicain (Nancy, France)/R Vuille
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1972
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Herald Tribune (Paris)
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1972
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Midi Libre (Montpellier, France)/G Verune
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1972
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La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse, France)
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1972
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L'Indépendant (Perpignan, France)/J-C M.
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1973
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Sud-Ouest (Bordeaux, France)
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1973
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The Brussels Times (Brussels)
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1973
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The Bulletin (Brussels)
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1973
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L'Yonne Républicaine (Auxerre, France)
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1996
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PERIODICALS :
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ArtNews (NY)
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1956
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The Oxford Magazine (Oxford)/Jean
Simpson
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1960
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Isis (Oxford)/G.Gowrie
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1960
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Isis (Oxford)/Simon Mitchell
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1960
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ArtNews (NY)/Jill Johnston
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1964
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Arts Review (London)/James Heard
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1972
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House Beautiful (NY)
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1974
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Les Nouvelles Littéraires (Paris)/M Cadieu
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1975
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L'Express (Paris)
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1977
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L'Yonne Magazine
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1996
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CATALOGUES :
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"Three American Painters" US
Cultural Center, Paris
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1971
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Bassler, Cartier, Wagner (US Embassy,
London)
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1972
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"Six American Painters"
Traveling exhibition, US Cultural Services (several French cities)
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1973
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"Six American Painters" (Brussels)
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1973
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Artistes Contemporains Icaunais
(Auxerre, France)
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1996
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Pontigny-Ligny-le-Châtel exhibition
(Ligny, France)
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1996
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PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS :
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"Isis" (Oxford)
Illustrations
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1959-60
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"Poetry
Northwest" (Seattle, WN). Cover & illust.
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1961-62
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in Carolyn Kizer "Midnight Was My
Cry" Doubleday (NY)
"Streets of Pearl and Gold" (Poem,
pp.39-43)
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1965
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in "Dictionnaire des Peintres,
Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs" (p.567) E. Benezit
(Paris)
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1976
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in Pierrette Fleutiaux "Histoire
du Tableau" Julliard (Paris) (couverture & photo)
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1977
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in "Différents Aspects du Roman
français contemporain", Centre culturel Valéry Larbaud, Vichy
(pp.14, 15, 17)
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1979
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