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...before he died in 1953 at the age of 83, John Marin was voted "the greatest living American painter" by a poll of critics and museum men. What the cranky, salt-bitten old Yankee thought of this honor is uncertain. Marin loathed the idea that art should become a monument, freezing its maker in the pose of a culture hero. "Art is not great," he once scribbled in that looping hand with which he covered innumerable scraps of paper with misspelled, queerly punctuated aphorisms. "Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses...
...table and Rodchenko's functional chairs came Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona chair and Breuer's armchairs. Of course many of these developments ran parallel, and which derived from which is more a question of interaction than origination, such as Mies van der Rohe's model for a Monument to the Third International...
...perfect choice! When a Protestant German Chancellor falls to his knees in Catholic Poland before a monument to slain Jews, there is hope for all of us in this young world...
Another Christmas tree was kidnapped by a player from its home outside a Fifth Avenue store. The new owner proceeded to haul it back to the Penn Garden and transplant it between the springs of his bed. This monument was reportedly a rallying spot for celebrants throughout the night...
...views of Retired Chairman Frederic Donner, 68, veteran of a time when the auto was king and major corporations were only timidly criticized. Sullivan says, "I perfectly well realize that I was chosen because I am a black man," but he does not intend to become a monument to corporate tokenism. Blacks account for 14% of G.M.'s employment in the U.S., but own only twelve of the company's 13,600 dealerships. "If I am going to stay on the board," says Sullivan, "they are going to have to have many more black dealers-and black salesmen...