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Konrad Klapheck was born in Dusseldorf in 1935. After a brief flirtation with abstraction, in 1955, Klapheck developed a precise, mechanical style depicting machines both anthropomorphized and allegorical. The artist developed ties to older surrealist artists including Richard Oelze, Rene Magritte and Max Ernst. Andre Breton wrote an essay for a catalog accompanying a show in Paris. In Italy Klapheck showed with the legendary Dada and Surrealist Galerie Arturo Schwartz. Konrad Klapheck has had two solo exhibitions in New York, at the Sidney Janis Gallery in 1969 and at the Edward Thorp Gallery in 1992. The artist continues to live and work in Dusseldorf. 

Peter Klasen was born in Lubeck, Germany in 1935 and studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts (where he was a classmate of George Baselitz). In 1959 Klasen moved to Paris and was associated with Figuration Narrative, a group of artists that included Monory, Stampfli, Érro, Rencillac, Telemanque and Ottinger. In 1964 Klasen had a two-man show with Gerhard Richter at the Galerie Friedrich in Munich. The artist has shown with Heiner Friedrich in Munich, Studio Marconi in Milan and Galerie Fels and Karl Flinker in Paris. The artist continues to live and work in Paris.

Felix Labisse was born in Marchiennes, France in 1905. He grew up in Ostend, Belgium where he studied painting with James Ensor. In 1932 Labisse moved to Paris and became an intimate of Surrealist circles. He illustrated numerous books by Robert Desnos, Paul Eluard and Philippe Soupault, among others, and was a prolific designer for the stage, including sets for Jean-Paul Sartre's 1951 play The Devil and the Good Lord. Labisse was the subject of an early film by Alain Resnais (Visit to Felix Labisse, 1947). His primary dealer was Isy Brachot in Bruxelles. The artist died in 1982.

Carlo Mollino was born in Turin, Italy in 1905. After studying architecture and engineering, Mollino established a career as the most radically innovative Italian architect and designer of the 20th century. Carlo Mollino's eccentric lifestyle (he lived with his parents well into middle-age) was reflected in his embrace of motor sport, aeronautics, women's fashion and his personal investment in private garçonniéres, bachelor's apartments he designed but rarely occupied. The photographs in this show were taken here. Molino died in Turin in 1972.