The Lives of Janus Jean Lurçat and the Museo de la Solidaridad
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In 1972 a tapestry titled Janus (ca.1960) made by French artist Jean Lurçat (1892-1966) arrived in Chile. The donation, probably made by his widow, echoed the call for a project conceived to support the Chilean way to socialism: The Museum of Solidarity. Janus is the only tapestry of the museum’s collection. Having as a starting point a brief review of the relevance of the French pictorial tapestry movement during the first half of the 20th century and its oblique presence in the Chilean context, this text introduces the life of this artwork in relation to the organization of the Museum of Solidarity and its subsequent existence after the coup d'état in 1973.
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