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...what line? And where? How in relation to the paper, and to other lines? In printmaking, line is all the artist has to work with--no color, no smudges, no thick oil paints to cover up the mistakes. The artist cuts his line into copper or wood, and there it stays--he can't erase it. The supreme test of an artist's ability comes as he reduces his images to the bare skeletons of form--for a master puts a power into his line that obviates the need for anything else. Milton Avery is such a master...
This exhibit of Avery's work now at the Fogg Museum gathers together prints of all 60 of the images he produced between 1930 and 1955. Avery worked in the opposing techniques of woodcut and drypoint: in drypoint, the artist cuts into copper the line he wants to print, while in a woodcut he digs out what he doesn't. The results in each style are very different, but Avery has command of both techniques. He controls his line to model and shade, indicating the subtleties of mass and movement...
Chile is two countries today. There is the Chile you can see-the Chile in which newspapers touch on nothing more serious than garbage disposal -and the Chile that is both more shadowy and more real. In official Chile the streets are clean, the stores are full, and copper miners are working hard to boost production. In this Chile some government offices have signs saying, "Be brief. I have three years to make...
...starting in 1972, when, in a rare and fateful development, almost all the world's major nations entered a boom at the same time. Global competition for raw materials grew to an unprecedented pitch: last year every nation appeared to be trying to buy up all the wheat, corn, copper, soybeans and rice available anywhere, at whatever price frantic bidding might produce. That scramble continues for many commodities; the U.S. Government estimates that in fiscal 1974, which ends in June, American farm exports will total $20 billion, v. $8 billion only two years ago. Prices consequently rise, both...
...last few years. Last summer Cleveland Coin Dealer Alan Yale, an ex-stockbroker, bought Mexican gold 50-peso pieces for $173 each; today they are selling for $241 each. Even collectors of the cheapest U.S. coin may soon be able to turn a profit. If the price of copper reaches $1.51 per Ib. (it is now more than $1.43), the metal in pennies will be worth more than the coins themselves...