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...setting a black spot, occasionally making the faint checkmark of approval; Of Zorn's later prints he says: "They had become feeble and photographic beyond words," though for the other periods of that surpassing master he has some admiration. The book is illustrated with the prints of many great etchers???Whistler, Rembrandt, Pennell, Gova, Duveneck, Turner, Lepèère?in exquisite photogravure, illumined with pointed anecdote. He recounts how he talked before a certain print society "to educate it," and how after his tirade a lady "furry and smelly" sailed up to him without glancing at the gallery walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennell's Pen | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

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