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tionsofseveralinstitutions,amongthemtheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNew
Vorlv;PennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts; BrooklynMuseum;ArtInstitute
ofChicago;AddisonGalleryofAmericanArtatPhillipsAcademy,Andovcr,Massa-
chusetts;PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt;NortonGalleryandSchoolofArt, West
PalmBeach,Florida;LibraryofCongress;Syracuse(NewYork) University;Uni-
versityofOregon;UniversityGuildofEvanston,Illinois;EncyclopaediaBritannica;
theChicagomunicipalcollection;ChicagoAthleticAssociation;John HcrronArt
Institute,Indianapolis, Indiana; Davenport (Iowa) MunicipalArt Gallery; Du-
buque(Iowa)ArtAssociation;andtheBennington(Vermont) HistoricalMuseum
andArtGallery.Chapinli\csinChicago.
CHAVEZ,EdwardA.,Processional,MVix52'/a. Illustration—Plate 72
"Processionalwaspaintedinthewinterof 1950 onlyfiveshortyearsafterthe
closeofthemostdestructivewartheworldhadeverseenandatatimewhenthe
peoplesoftheEarthseemedagainmovingdangerouslyclosetoanotherevenmore
terriblecatastrophe;atimewhenmilitarygovernmentsseemedbentonleadingthe
Worldtodestruction,intoanunknownanddreadfulabyss.
"Processionalmightbebrieflydescribedascomposedofelementsofwarfare,
deathandself-destruction.Itrepresentsfearsome,hollowarmoredbeingscarrying
implementsofwar,proudlybearing thetattersoftheirgloriousbanners,blindly
marchinghandinhandwithdeathtodestruction.
"Ihavenotattemptedtomakearepresentationalportrayalofwar.Thiswould
beafutiletask.Thesymbolmustcarrythemessageandinsymbolizing,inab-
breviating,inreconstructinginone'sowntermsperhapsarriveatamoremeaning-
fulstatement,ata...truertruth."
EdwardChavezwasborninWagonmound,NewMexico,in1917.Hestudied
withFrankMechau,BoardmanRobinson,andPeppinoMangravite.Hiseaselpaint-
ingshavebeenshowninexhibitionsofnationalscope,andmuralsbyChavezare
tobeseeninWestHighSchool,Denver,Colorado;thepostofficesatGlenwood
Springs,Colorado;Center,Texas;andGeneva,Nebraska;andintherecreationhall
at FortWarren,Wyoming, andtheTwo-hundredth StationHospitalat Recife,
Brazil.Hehastaughtartprivately.
PrizesandawardsincludetheCarterMemorialArtAward,1935;aPepsi-Cola
prizein1947;LathropPrizeatthePrintClubofAlbany,alsoin1947;LouisCom-
fortTiffanyFellowshipin1948;andaFulbrightGrantin1951,whichaccountsfor
Chavez'spresenceinFlorence,Italy,atthistime(early1952).Hisworkformspart
ofthecollectionsoftheMuseumofModernAninNewYork;Newark(NewJersey)
MuseumAssociation;Library'ofCongressPrintCollection;Albany(NewYork)Print
Club;andtheWatkinsMemorialGalleryofWashington,D.C.Heismarriedto
painterJenneMagafanandlivesin\Voodstock,NewYork.
CONGDON,'WilliamG.,AssisiNo.I,38'/2x47'/2.
ConcerningAssisiNo. 1 WilliamCongdonwrites,"Ofallmynewestpaintings
doneinRome,Ifeelclosesttothisone.Perhapsbecausethecreativeprocess,while
notdifTeringfromthatofmyotherpaintings,inthiscasecameaboutsoeasilyand
simply.Ididnotneeddaysofwatchingmysubject.MyimpressionofAssisi,orthat
aspectofitwhichIpainted,wassoimmediatethatafteronlyafewhoursIcould
returntoRome,thepaintingalreadycompleted,wecouldsay,inmysubconscious.