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...around the water's edge were giant-sized symbols of Mexico's people, their past oppressors and future hopes; beneath the water was an intricate pattern of teeming protoplasmic life. Rivera confidently predicted that his water-washed mural, Water, Origin of Life, painted with a mixture of plastic polystyrene in the fresco pigment, then varnished with transparent rubber, was good for 40 years at least...
...biggest producer of natural and synthetic rubber (1,000,000 Ibs. daily), Firestone makes several thousand rubber products, from the tiniest vacuum seal to 4-ft. snow tires for arctic tractors, plus truck-wheel rims, jet-engine parts, Corporal missiles, refrigerators, food mixers, golf clubs, electric clocks, plastic luggage, textile yarns and thousands of other items...
...some sense, Gropper began in the modern tradition. His great master has always been Daumier. He has himself been called the American Daumier. Perhaps, however, he doesn't quite come up to the classic quality of this master. These logical depth nor the plastic subtlety. Yet Gropper has obviously caught much of Daumier's spirit in his broad caricature style and monumental figures, in his simplification and grasp of essential gesture, and even in his themes. The other influence to which Gropper is indebted is Goya. Gropper is currently doing a series of prints entitled Capriccios, the way Goya...
...Westminster). A luscious performance of some of the late master's wittiest notes, including the pompous march (ironically made famous by its use as the theme for radio's FBI in Peace and War). One of Westminster's plush "Laboratory Series," it comes in a heavy-plastic zipper envelope and is premium-priced. The sound is very good indeed...
...another 36 shows booked into its halls at rentals ranging from $10,000 to $23,000 for the average two week periods. Next winter Detroit's automakers will hold their first big industry-wide auto show since 1940, spend millions to introduce 1957 models. Hardware dealers, popcorn concessionaires, plastic makers, the hotel and oil industries are all piling in. There will also be a big sewing exhibit, a National Baby & Child Show and an International Sanitation & Maintenance Show this year. All told, the Coliseum expects that rental and concession fees alone will amount to more than...