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ataNewYorkdealer'sin1945;othersfollowed.Schulein'sworkhasbeenseenin
nationalgroupexhibitions,formspartofthecollectionsofmuseumsinMunich,
Vienna,Darmstadt,Hamburg,andBremen,andisinthehandsofprivatecollectors
bothinEuropeandtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.HelivesinNewYorkCity.

SEKULA,Sonia,ArrivalofAirs.Thompson, 32 .\40.
"Togiveyousomecommentsaboutmypicture,ArrivalofMrs.Thompson...
Icanonlysaythatallmytitleshappenalwaysveryspontaneouslyandinthispar-
ticularcase 1 think 1 justcalleditthatwaybecauseMrs.Thompsonhappenedto
arrive(afteralongabsence)...thatdaywhenIlinishedthecanvasandshehad
itawhileinherstudio...andlikedit."
SoniaSekulawasborninLucerne,Switzerland,in1918,ofaHungarianfather
andaSwissmother.ShefirstcametoAmericain 1934 andisnowacitizenofthe
UnitedStates.Intheearly1940"s.shestudiedwithMorrisKantorattheArtStu-
dentsLeagueofNewYorkandwithGeorgeGrossforashorttime.KurtRoeschwas
alsooneofherteachers.Since 1946 shehashadone-manshowsinthiscountry,in
England,andinFrance.HerpictureshavebeenshowninSaoPaulo,Brazil,were
alsorepresentedintheSurrealistexhibitioninParisin1948,andarebecomingbetter
knowninAmerica.Variousprivatecollectors,theBrooklynMuseum,andtheSan
FranciscoMuseumofArtownexamplesofherwork.

SELIGMANN,KurtL.,Sleepwalkers'Meelinii,^29 .\40.

Illustration—Plate 99

"Sleepwalkers'Meeting: Thethreemenwhomeetonalonelyridgearecladin

thesymbolicattributesoftheirdignitiestowhichtheycling,unaware—likesleep

walkers—oflurkingdangersandimpendingcataclysm."

SeligmannwasborninBasel,Switzerland,in1900.HestudiedattheEcoledes

Beaux-ArtsinGeneva;inParis,withAndreL'Hoteandothers;inFlorence;andin

Rome.In^1929 hejoinedtheSurrealistsinParis.Since^1939 hehasbeenaresident

oftheUnitedStates.SeligmannisauthorofAHistoryofWesternMagic(1946)

andhasillustratedbookssuchasVagabondagesHeraldiques,HommesetMetiers,

andOedipus (1944).Hehashadone-manexhibitionsinParis,London,Tokyo,

Rome,NewYork,andChicago,andhasalsobeenrepresentedingroupshowsin

America.HispaintingHighPriestwasawardedapurchaseprizeattheUniversity

ofIllinoisin1951.HisworkformspartofthecollectionsoftheArtInstituteof

Chicago;MuseumofModernArt(NewYork);AlbrightArtGallery(Buffalo,New

York); PennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts;SmithCollegeMuseumofArt

(Northampton,Ma.ssachusetts);collectionofthemuseumsofFrance;Kunstkredit,

Basel,Switzerland;ModernMuseumatLodz,Poland;Palaciode"BellasArtesin

MexicoCity,andothers.HelivesinSugarLoaf,NewYork.

SERISAWA,Sum,HouseofCards, 36 x18. Illustration~Plate^10

"MypaintingentitledHouseofCardsisnotofanyparticularpersonorpor-

traitbutisaproductofmyrelationshipwiththeworldexpressedthroughsymbolism."

SerisawawasborninYokohamain1910.Since^1918 hehasbeenaresidentof

theUnitedStatesofAmerica.Hisfirsttraininginartwaswithhisfather,Yoichi

Serisawa;hisarteducationwascompletedbyworkwithGeorgeBarkerandatthe