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...large the people who organized and worked in the Committee for Art for McGovern '72 were women," said Portia Harcus, one of the four women others of Parker 470 who made their gallery available for the September 29-30 sale and the October 2 evening auction. This barnlike annex of Harcus-Krakow's Newbury St. gallery provided an understated backdrop for the raising of $80,000 towards electing the McGovern-Shriver ticket...
FINDING THE WORKS of art from artists and collectors was only part of her job. "A lot of artists' financial situation isn't really good, but they've contributed more than that. It's really taking from a community who couldn't afford it." Portia Harcus said. [Most artists donated their works but some set minimum prices with the total sum received going to support McGovern. A few asked for partial reimbursement, but never more than one-third of the sale price...
...well-known artists to design more elaborate posters than might otherwise have been used. Soon, requests for quality posters began pouring in from colleges, museums and other institutions. To meet the rising demand, Mrs. List last fall joined with Boston Art Dealers Barbara Krakow and Portia Harcus to set up HKL, Ltd., a commercial company that accepts commissions, supplies the artists and supervises production at half a dozen different printing workshops...