Word: exhibitionisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The National Student Association's position as recruiting agent for guides at this summer's U.S. National Exhibition in Moscow drew both praise and criticism from Student Council members last night. Edward L. Croman '60, president of the Council, said it is "certainly something we'll have to consider" before...
According to Clieve S. Gray 1G, former NSA official, that organization has been asked to provide 16 guides for the exhibition. The government will "presumably" hire the other 44 guides directly, Gray stated. Since Harvard is not a member, undergraduates in the College may not apply through NSA to be...
Another professor, who requested that his name not be used, admitted that "Some of the labels are not what they should be." Nevertheless, he added, the exhibition was a "praiseworthy undertaking" and "the students made as few mistakes as they could be expected to."
Despite the organizers' expectation that the exhibition would "allay...doubts...as to whether there would be any noticeable quantity of avant-garde art," Rowland felt that "They weren't taking much of a chance," and adhered to established names at the expense of younger contemporary artists.
Most of the fakes were submitted as originals only accidentally. As one member of the Fogg staff explained, the paintings were often gifts to their student owners. In the case of the Dufy, for example, the fraud seems innocently inept. Only a portion of the original painting is reproduced -- the...