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...London, when Trova showed them, they were called by one critic "the cumulative image of Man as victim, stereotype, faceless statistic." In Minneapolis, they typified, according to Curator Jan van der Marck, "the modern enigma." Trova himself has said, "The falling man is a personal hypothetical theory on the nature of man. I believe that man is, first of all, an imperfect creature...
...proportion of masterly works in this exhibit is phenomenally high. But one can learn much even from the few failures--such as Marino Marini's heads of Stravinsky and Nelson Rockefeller and Gerhard Marck's Adenauer, all of which lack character and sufficient vraisemblance...
Contrasting to Klee's cubism and abstraction is the sculpture of Gerhard Marcks. Unfortunately, Allied bombing destroyed most of Marck's work, and it is practically impossible to gather together a representative sampling. A majority of the forms shown--cast in bronze--are long, lean, and austere. There are, however, one roly-poly figure called "A Dutchman" and a very appealing ceramic of two lovers kissing which looks like something Picasso might have translated into a third dimension...
...Symphony Orchestra actually goes back some 20 years. Early in its history the late motor magnate William S. Knudsen, who liked to relax with his Scandinavian friends, gave them a bass viol. The orchestra had no musician to play it, but that was fixed in a hurry. Violinist Chris Marck was tapped because he had a car large enough to carry a bass viol...
Those receiving the awards were Hugh C. Cutler, research associate in the Botanical Museum, Richard E. Schultes '37, research associate in the Botanical Museum, Lloyd A. Metzler, instructor in Economic, Gordon N. Ray, instructor in English, Marck Schorer, Briggs-Copeland Faculty Instructor in English Composition, Rolf Singer, research associate in Mycology, and Otto Benesch, research fellow and special lecturer at Wellesley College...