Word: print
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Praja Socialists, Red leaders signed a resolution expressing support for "the Prime Minister and the government of India, in defense of the territorial integrity of our great country," then muttered complex explanations to angry party diehards. Unappeased, Puran Joshi, editor of the party weekly, New Age, refused even to print the resolution to which the Bombay comrades had subscribed...
Statistically speaking the number is not abnormally high for a research library, but most of the books were either irreplaceable first editions or are now out of print, Mostecky explained...
...series on the Four Seasons, have an organic force in them that unites in a plausible way sky and earth, relates trees to their shadows, joins rocks and hills in an astoundingly true simulation of the climate and general mood of these two contrasting seasons. In the Winter print, Breughel's influence as well as that of Rembrandt at his most lyric, is artfully suggested...
There are abstractionists in the show as well. Their contributions to the print-making world have been slight, as the few works they show demonstrate. The best of the group is a reserved color lithograph by Andrew Stasik where a large mottled rectangular form slanted across the page elegantly balances the white of the paper surrounding it. As for the remaining few abstract pieces, they seem to be imitating avant-garde paintings while suffering from their inability to employ the tactile effects of pigment...
Baskin is represented with only one print, a powerful woodcut entitled Death of a Laureate. A hideous, paunchy Caesar seems to gore himself with his own hand. The intricate details that contrast so effectively with the forceful large areas of pure black testify once more to the skill of this master craftsman of American art. More of his work should have been exhibited...