tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135909908370922854.post2498556837110760235..comments2023-03-25T08:15:33.210-04:00Comments on Radicals for Happiness™: José Manuel Capuletti (Part 2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135909908370922854.post-13967325452534854512009-03-19T12:54:00.000-04:002009-03-19T12:54:00.000-04:00I don't know where the notion started that one or ...I don't know where the notion started that one or more of Capuletti's portraits of Pilar are actually of Rand, or are composites, but I think it's mistaken. The representations of Pilar vary over the years. Some, which are not flattering, bear little resemblance to the others (and no resemblance to Rand). But in any case, the image in that odd painting you posted is quite consistent with many, many others of Pilar dating to the mid 1950s.<BR/><BR/>You can find many examples in Brasas Egido's book. Just a few are La Biblioteca (from 1958), El paisaje (a variation on the one you show), Desnuda en la biblioteca (from 1955), Pilar (1955), Retrato en azul (1961), La cuestion (1964). Retrato en azul, in particular, is almost exactly the likeness he used in the later paintings that we're told are of Rand or are composites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com