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"Catalog of retrospective and anthological exhibition of work of Emilio Pettoruti (1892-1971), presented under the patronage of the Argentine government at the Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires in 1995, as a preview to its itinerary in the US and Europe. Texts by Rafael Squirru, Eleanor Heartney, and Jacques Lassaigne. Presentation by Tomás Roberto Días Varela, President of the Fundación Pettoruti, and additional research and biographic synopsis by Cristina Díaz Varela. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color. Superb presentation; undoubtedly one of the most accurate studies on the Argentine master"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.