Carolina QuotesDon't underestimate the influence of the Surrealist state of mind on the young American painters [like his artist-friends William Baziotes and w:Roberto Matta in those days.
Robert Motherwell Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Abstract Painting, Thomas Hess, New York, Viking 1951, p. 132
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- 1951
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- p. 132
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