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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kroll frankly admits that "the nude studies might have shocked the ladies if they had been alive" (only one of them is: handsome, octogenarian Mrs. De Courcy Wright Thorn of Baltimore), but he points out, "That way I could capture the movement of the body better, the fall of the legs and breasts." For Kroll, who holds that "the human body is the most beautiful thing in the world," painting clothes on the nudes was the reluctant, if necessary, next step. The finished painting shows half an instep, no ankle. The result turned the bacchanal into a proper tea party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Barrister & the Beauties | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...JAMES N. WRIGHT Institute Ponte Nova Itacira, Brazil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 19, 1956 | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

...sponsoring a dazzling roundup of his work in Chicago's Art Institute. Based largely on huge blowups from a photo essay by Photographer John Szarkowski (The Idea of Louis Sullivan; University of Minnesota; $10), the exhibition reaffirms the reputation of Sullivan, the man his old pupil, Frank Lloyd Wright, still refers to as Lieber Meister, as the first U.S. poet of the skyscraper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Louis Sullivan: Skyscraper Poet | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...rest of the backfield, far from the most dangerous that the Crimson will face this year, is made up of junior quarterback Rich Ross, sophomore halfback John Wright, and sophomore fullback Dave Sikarskie...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Powerful Offense Gives Varsity Eleven Decisive Advantage Over Penn | 11/3/1956 | See Source »

Completing the backfield are two sophomores, halfback John Wright and full-back Dave Sikarskie. Wright started all four games for the Penn freshmen last year, and broke away for one long touch-down run against Cornell. Sikarskie saw little action last year due to an ankle injury. He is especially adept at quick starts and defensive play...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 11/2/1956 | See Source »

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