Word: harlequin
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Token from the Master. The star of the show was Rosenberg's old friend and exact contemporary, Picasso (they were both born in 1881). The 43 Picassos on view included such masterpieces as Woman with Mandolin, Harlequin and Open Window, plus nine superb drawings. Among them: a sketch of sharp-eyed, sensitive-faced Paul Rosenberg, done in 1921 as a token of friendship...
...local artistry and whimsy. In Colonie des Vacances. a prosperous village of whitewashed mud and thatch huts outside Port-au-Prince's fashionable suburb of Pétionville, he is usually a raffish, cotton-stuffed fellow in sport jacket with a pink boutonniere, a big cigar and harlequin glasses; in remote Basse Guinaudée (pop. 300) on the southern peninsula, he is a rustic with a ragged face and sisal beard...
...judge for themselves. At a Manhattan gallery, 36 of Hasan's paintings were on exhibit-delightful studies of musicians, kings, carousels and clowns-as bright and intricate as fine Turkish rugs. Hasan's color effects are strong, to say the least: blood red and seasick green, harlequin combinations of yellow, black, mauve and blue. His figures are tortured and twisted: grinning, round-faced peasants with shark's teeth, haunted, droopy-eyed old women, a wheel-shaped nightmare of a sea captain. On opening day, five of the pictures were snapped up and the gallery was looking...
...modern dance selection, Harlequin in April, is a Boston premiere. Slightly reminiscent of the Faust legend, Harlequin represents "human aspiration reborn with the flowers in April. This aspiration makes it possible for him to break away from the plants, who are earthbound and self-sufficient." As the curtains draw back, you see Pierrot, the fool, garbed in a baggy white robe. Using magic, he transforms what looks like a mound of objects into humans who writhe as it in Dante's Interno. The mystic mood is extremely moving, especially when Pirman Treeu battles with an ever-increasing host of unicorns...
...that was missing was scenery. But an excellent cast, with John (Fledermaus) Brownlee as Harlequin, Soprano Martha Lipton as his wife, and Bass-Baritone James Pease as the priest, just about made up for that...