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mam/fa stand at ArtMiami'95

This was an exciting year for mam/fa at ArtMiami 95. In order to uphold the challenging standard that we have set for ourselves as leading dealers in the field of Latin America Art, we decided to exhibit an important true fresco mural by Diego Rivera, Proletarian Unity, executed by the artist in New York in 1933, after his infamous run-in with his patron, John D. Rockefeller. Weighing over 800 pounds in the crate, the mural was installed in a jiffy thanks to the availability of experienced riggers at the fair and a hydraulic fork lift. So eye-catching was this display that a photograph of the mam/fa stand appeared on page one of the Miami Herald. More exciting was the news that the Wolfsonian Museum of Propaganda Art (officially opening in Miami Beach on November 11, 1995) was interested in exhibiting the mural for a year with the intention of raising the funds to acquire the work for its collection. For this reason the mam/fa return shipment to New York was considerably lighter than the one down to Miami. We wish the Wolfsonian luck in their campaign to raise funds to acquire this historic work. After over sixty years, it may have found an appropriate resting place.