Word: said
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dungaree-clad London housewife, Frink had her first exhibition while still in art school. Last week her tabletop bronzes were on view at Manhattan's Bertha Schaefer Gallery. At first glance, many looked like mud attempting to fly; they were that energetic and that saggy. The combination said something blue about man's estate, the approved tone of most contemporary sculpture. But Frink's ostensible purpose has nothing to do with moral messages or with ideals of any kind, not even plastic ones. "Somebody makes a metal armature for me," she explains, "and I start covering...
Mark Lass, plump, solemn and 61, claimed he had been a Red general. His brother Boris, 64, he said, was a concert violinist and had been the Soviet Union's top art official in the early 19205. They left Russia for Japan in 1926, taking with them 200 "masterpieces" collected by their mother. Settling finally in Manhattan, they became naturalized citizens in 1945. By then their collection totaled some 280 canvases, which they valued at about $25 million, included paintings with such signatures as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Soutine, Cezanne and Monet. But money was running out. Nine months...
...Picasso himself, and the master labeled both fakes. Museum experts declared the older pictures largely student efforts, with signatures clumsily painted in. The Lasses stood firm under fire, protesting that an international art cartel was out to get them. But the brothers' own art tastes seemed confused. "Picasso," said Mark Lass, "is a mere cartoonist." But when he was asked how much he would take for one of his "Picassos," he answered: "I would not sell under half a million dollars. I would destroy instead...
...must realize," said Watson, "that the Communists are fully committed to the contest for the underdeveloped nations, while at times it appears that we haven't really decided whether we are competing or not. We must realize that some sacrifice is necessary. We can't do all the things necessary for the U.S. to do -in this country and abroad-and still proceed on the 'business-as-usual' basis. One of our first sacrifices must be a willingness to accept higher taxes, if necessary, in order to accomplish our purpose of keeping America ahead...
There was more unanimity on the N.A.M.'s contention that labor featherbedding threatens the U.S.'s competitive position in world trade. "It is a plain economic fact," said Sinclair Oil Vice President Millard E. Stone, "that the country can no longer afford to let management be handcuffed by archaic work rules which prevent maximum efficiency, nor by the kind of uneconomic wage increases which subject the public to further inflationary pressures. Our continued failure to recognize the impact of labor costs on our competitive standing has brought us to the point where we stand to lose our domestic...