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...light and air, sketches by the masters are usually kept locked safely away in museum cellars or, more inaccessible, stashed in private collections. Art Historian Colin Eisler combed the museums and collections of the world before allowing more than 300 illustrations to go public. He includes some of the finest examples of draftsmanship, from the French, German and Italian Renaissance to such moderns as Klee, Mondrian and de Kooning. Nearly half of the drawings are meticulously reproduced in their original tints...
...WORLD, some say, is wonderful in the eyes of the innocent. If there is any truth to this notion, Ben Shahn's photographs should be taken as the finest sort of proof. Shahn was not a photographer by profession, but the photographs which he made on the occasions when he did pick up a camera are graceful, articulate and humorous in the most sophisticated of ways...
...Neil story is an interesting study of the New England Puritan work ethic at its finest. O'Neil played guard during a collegiate career at Salem State, where he obtained both his B.A. and M.A. in history. From there he entered the teaching profession at Revere (Mass.) High School in the fall...
...CONCERTO FOR CELLO (Lynn Harrell, cellist; London Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor; RCA; $6.98). Its jubilant fire, four-seasons color and unstrained lyric impulse make this the finest cello concerto ever written. The fast-emerging Harrell recalls the heroic eloquence of the late Emanuel Feuermann, and the peripatetic Levine, soon to become music director of the Metropolitan Opera, offers a brilliant reminder that Dvořák wrote the work for orchestra as well as cello...
...ancient on a park bench who used to bet with his late wife - "Whoever goes first loses." Norman Mailer crosses the Hud son as the city-nation of N.Y.C.'s first President while a jubilant citizen shouts, "We're recognized by Israel!" The evening's finest gig is a wild flamenco in honor of the native delicatessen: "Out-of-town baloneys/ Are made of horse and ponies." Beware of Boston, too, where "You don't order tonic/ Unless you want a high colonic." Grace under pressure is sometimes no more than a good laugh...