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President Hubert Humphrey, whom he had summoned to the bandstand with his wife Muriel, noted that it was Humphrey's 54th birthday. Said he: "Hubert does most of the things I take credit for, and if some of those votes get split up there he'll get some of the blame." Humphrey laughed, blushed and beamed as the President led the guests in singing "Happy Birthday." With that, Johnson headed for a waiting helicopter for a holiday trip to Texas...
PAVEL TCHELITCHEW and OLD MASTERS-Durlacher, 538 Madison Ave. at 54th. A double-feature of drawing: Surrealist Tchelitchew's figures and landscapes, plus the expertise of Oldtimers Piranesi, Marco Ricci, Ruskin and others. The earliest work is a 15th century miniature of a saint by Florentine Francesco Antonio del Cherico, a small gem in opaque pink, blue and gold. Through...
PETER BLUME-Durlacher, 538 Madison Ave. at 54th. Two paintings and 48-odd drawings display Blume's magic realism...
WHITNEY-22 West 54th. The museum pays tribute to American Realist Edward Hopper with the second retrospective in 15 years. Some 180 oils, watercolors, drawings and etchings date from 1908, but the emphasis is on work done since 1950. Through...
WHITNEY-22 West 54th. The big "welcome back" that realism is getting these days must come as a surprise to Edward Hopper, who, at 82, is the best proof that it never went away. For nearly 60 years he has been hammering away at the nerve ends of despair with pictures of lonely trains leaving town, haunted-looking nudes, all-night lunch counters suffocating with silence. A 180-work retrospective. Through...