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during a four year period of creation which saw the development of

what I term my native heritage work, my study of the american

native was both fascinating and furthered my education not only of

the native People, but of myself and of people generally. It seemed

that there was a parallel between my basque heritage, on my father’s

side, with its marked individuality and closeness to the soil and that

of the native People.

returning to Europe following this maturing period was a revelation

and there seemed to be an affinity, not readily disclosed before,

towards the basic People of Europe, towards those engaged in the

time honored occupations such as the basque and Portuguese

sheepherders and fishermen, the French farmers, the ordinary small

market traders and of course the children and the mothers who always

seem to relate to that which is fundamental wherever they are.

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