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...Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya by Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson. Reynal and William Morrow. $50. There was room for just one more book on Goya and this is it -the first complete edition of his works. From the pastoral sweetness in the early tapestry designs to devouring melancholy in the Black Paintings, Goya's creations record one of the broadest, most intricate and energetic imaginations in art history. Gassier and Wilson are indispensable guides, as they take up every known painting, fresco, drawing and print by Goya and link the whole with a biographical narrative...
...douzaine (Cheaper by the Dozen). The prize, which is supposed to be 500 gold écus, was paid off this year in 500 ten-franc aluminum pieces, all in a spirit of high good humor. The Prix Rabelais (50 liters of Brouilly wine) went to H. P. Gassier, a cartoonist...
...French politics, a kind of national sport distinguished for its rabidity and subtlety, newspaper cartoonists carry weight. Two, at least, possess gifts equal to their importance: H. P. Gassier, contributor to the brilliant Leftist weekly Le Canard Enchaine, and J. Sennep, of such sheets as Paris-Soir (nicknamed, as the organ of the French sugar trust, Paris-Sucre...
Ordinarily, Sennep's wit has saved his fantastic obscenities from suppression and himself from duels and beatings-up. This year he and Gassier had the cartoonist's equivalent of a retrospective show in the form of a book, Histoire de France 1918-1938, reviving their more famous drawings of the past 20 years, including Sennep's recent (1936) Embarcation for Spain...
Lean, highbrowed, toothbrush-mustached Dr. Uhler issued a detailed defense of Cane Juice, pointed out errors in Mgr. Gassier's charges. He said that the attack indicated the decline of "charitable spirit" and the troubled condition of Christianity. Nonetheless, he respected the Catholic Church. Though Episcopalian himself, he said he was related to twelve priests, three bishops, one archbishop, one monk. He announced he would sue Mgr. Gassier for defamation and libel. The American Civil Liberties Union, always happy to have a cause to champion, offered to support a suit to recover this year's salary in full...