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| Magritte III in Heaven |
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| 1998, wood, oil paint, plaster, charcoal, & cloth |
"Marisol
was born in Paris to Venezuelan parents Gustavo Escobar and Josefina Hernandez on May 22, 1930. Marisol has a brother, also
Gustavo, who is now an economist living in Venezuela. Financially comfortable, the family lived something of a nomadic existence
in Europe, Venezuela and the United States. Their wealth derived from the Venezuelan oil business and real estate that afforded
the family a very comfortable, social lifestyle. Marisol’s mother died in New York in 1941 when Marisol was eleven years
old. Following the tragedy and for the duration of World War II, the family lived mainly in Caracas, with the children attending
a series of local schools. Near the end of the war, Marisol’s father moved the family to Los Angeles, California where
Marisol was enrolled in the Westlake School for Girls. "
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