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...made gets that seemed impossible. For such short legs, the pace was hard, and while Hunter was obviously campaigning to make them cave in he seemed, like the gallery, to admire their staunchness. Once, after a hard return, Bell fell heavily in the forecourt and Hunter gave him a "sitter"?lobbed the ball so as to give him time to get up. Bell got up, and smashed the sitter, won the point. The gallery was surprised but thought it understood. In the excitement of his fall, Bell had evidently not realized Hunter had done him a courtesy. Hunter looked...
...next day he arrived punctually to find Photographer Edward J. Steichen, 27, waiting for him. Mr. Steichen had been there for a half-hour studying lights and shades, posing the janitor of the building in the chair where Banker Morgan would sit. Briskly he shunted the sitter to his seat. Banker Morgan sat down, glared into the lens. Snap. One picture was taken. Said Steichen...
...prove that he did not distort human anatomy.* Others admit the distortion but defend it by saying that the Egyptians distorted, as did El Greco, the Italian primitives. The merits of Modigliani, they add, are many: his color is finely schematic; his line is sensitive and delineates the sitter's character with wit and insight; his best canvases show the feeling of a real primitive; he is akin to the Siennese, a true Italian...
...Charles Ruppert, father of a sitter, said: "My boy is sunburned and the exposure to fresh air will benefit him. I want him to make a real record and I've promised a reward of 50? a day for each day over 20 he stays aloft...
...Ugly rumors spread that Sitter William Wentworth, 12, came down at night. His indignant family defended his honor. Their pastor preached beneath the pole while neighbors sang hymns...