Word: halpert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nowhere did American freedom of thought have greater impact than in the presence of the show's contentious curator, Manhattan Art Dealer Edith Gregor Halpert. Last month Mrs. Halpert had said some harsh things about Eisenhower's reservations concerning the exhibition ("Some people think the President's paintings aren't so good either. It's like Truman saying modern art resembles ham and eggs"). One Soviet critic jeeringly asked her what had happened to the woman who criticized the President's judgment. "I am that woman," she said. The Russian was incredulous...
...Halpert, who will be curator of the paintings in the Moscow exhibit, huffed: "Some people think the President's paintings aren't so good either. It's like Truman saying modern art resembles ham and eggs...
...dealers are pleased. At the Downtown Gallery. Edith Halpert reported that she had received a visit from a Midwestern businessman. He had a list of the artists in Halpert's distinguished stable. He wanted one of each. "Don't you want to look around a bit first and decide what appeals to you?" Mrs. Halpert asked. No. the man said, "this is just a matter of investment. I hear art prices are going up." Mrs. Halpert told him to go elsewhere...
Purists like Mrs. Halpert are understandably indignant over the invasion of the domain they have defended so jealously for so long. The new gamblers in the art market plunge only on established painters-those already on the big board, so to speak. The purists argue that pictures held like stocks in a bank vault do no one any good. They insist they would rather hold such pictures for the public-which is to say, for the museums-or, failing that, for private collectors who will at least cherish them...
...Edith Halpert believes that her show will do much for the young Americans abroad. Present indications are that at least six artists will be picked up by other dealers. Abroad her purchases have prompted other Americans and even Europeans to buy. At home early-season shoppers have already snapped up 19 of the 45 works she has on show...