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Opening Friday at the PaceWildenstein gallery, 32 East 57th Street, a thought-provoking show that explores the role early cinema played in the evolution of Cubism. What struck me about an article in the Sunday Arts & Leisure section about this forthcoming exhibit was not so much Picasso's early dissembling about Cubism but rather the photograph by Chester Higgins Jr. accompanying the article. Shown are art dealer Arne Glimcher and curator Bernice Rose. I stared at Glimcher's hands for a minute, and—voilà! I immediately recalled Otto Dix's portrait of art dealer Alfred Flechtheim—in particular the Cubist portrait behind Flechtheim that underscores Dix's virtuosity in depicting the art dealer as rather dated. Perhaps the artists indeed have the last laugh.
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alfred flechtheim, arne glimcher, braque, otto dix, pacewildenstein, picasso
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Posted on 4/18/2007
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