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Word: afroyim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the "freaks" one notes particularly a sculpture, Red Revel by Albert Dreyfus. A very much guttered wax candle is snuffed by a scull; the smoke issuing from the eye sockets curls up in the form of two reclining; female figures. The whole piece is stained crimson. Afroyim covers one entire wall with his New York Underground, a woven pattern of subways, sewers and steam pipes. Morris Kantor, a cutter of clothes, shows two results of painting at night; one-My Job-is a portrait of himself at work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Russians | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

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