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...Operation. Nutty as a fruit cake to all but his ardent fans is Virgil Franklin Partch II (pen name: VIP). Even when seen, a Partch cartoon can hardly be believed. "Guess Who," reads the caption under a domestic scene in which the not-so-little woman has sneaked up on her man from behind and blindfolded him with her bosom. Now 35, Partch has already drawn a man with as many as 19 fingers; he stamps out ugly, proboscidian heads as though he had gone berserk with a giant cookie-cutter. His special bugaboo: meeting his public. "They expect...
...water. The result is a fish which looks alive. Chermayeff's other fish in a large, blue water-color are quite dead and only make a pattern which would look pleasant on a bed-spread. "Breakfast at Sardi's" evokes humor and excitement. Except for two good pen-and-brush nudes, his other contributions. Chermayeff's sense of line and balance, nevertheless, is acute and at times rather pleasing...
These three, Barrie Cooke '53, Ivan Chermayeff '54, and George E. Woodman '54, use entirely different approaches. Whereas Cooke paints on canvas with many brilliant colored oils, Chermayeff limits himself to black ink and blocks of color on glossy cardboard. Woodman is varied in his style, using pen, brush, oils, and almost anything at hand...
...Zouave father and . an octoroon mother, and to Willy she seemed as pure & simple as "any little Tahitian before the missionaries got there." After hearing her recount stories of her childhood, Willy realized that she was also a literary gold mine. He locked her in a room, gave her pen & paper, and commanded her to write...
...looks and acts rather like a smaller replica of his idol, Diego Rivera. He has the same froggish frame and features, a similar instinct for gregarious, bohemian living. In his pockets, he usually carries a pen, pencils, paintbrushes, adhesive tape, wadded-up notes, neckties, socks, toothpaste and a list of telephone numbers. Thus equipped, he is ready to go anywhere and have a fine time (he once said: "I was born to go traveling around the world on an ostrich, but that could only be done in the 19th Century, when men had imagination and women's arms were...