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...But Thyssen, now 61, grew up among the riches of Europe’s second-largest private art collection (after Queen Elizabeth II’s)....
...But there are paintings, too, from Salvador Dalí’s 1937 premonition of war with a pair of dinosaur-like “femme coccyx” (“tail-bone women”), “Burning Giraffe”, to “Swan”, Elizabeth Peyton’s saccharine/ironic...
...These include a 1962 necklace in platinum and emeralds that was one of Elizabeth Taylor’s most treasured possessions....
...And the towering, slender woman structured by a simplified pattern of folds, her head framed by a yellow hat as if by a halo, references the pared-down forms of Mary and Elizabeth in El Greco’s “The Visitation...
...Starting on Saturday, the exhibition also includes works by Paul Klee, David Smith, Howard Hodgkin, Elizabeth Murray and many others – an eclectic treat for lovers of modern art, much like the Phillips itself...
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