Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-08
Highways and By-Ways
of Lii OF New York
Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger c
RAYMOND CARROLL

Der IL Is catalogued "StiIl Life-Fruit,
pears in dish with crockery and a
glass of wine" also by Cezzane. 1t was
mighty thoughtful to tell US what was
on the dish, for it might have been
vegetables, hens eggs or buns so far
as resemblance went Number % the
next to view. is called "Lechateau Noir,'
which was even greater foresight, as 1t
looked more like a ''bloOb,' than any
thing. The last Cezzane was number "A,
called "A Sailor" a large blue. green
canvas with a central figure that pcs
sibly might pass for General Grant in
thick fog without his cigar.
TURN IN HOPES
TO DE GAS WORKS.
Thank heavens that over Now for the
works OF De Gas. Number, 81 is called
Before the Race a harmless thing II
you can make IL out, supposed to be seven
jockeys astride seven horses. but more
resembling a pile Of wood waiting for
the saw buck Number 80 is another
THE Bather,' being the rear of a gro
tesQuely shaped woman Pullir. chemise
over her head Whether it is going on OF
off We can take our choice. There is no
water near at hand. Number "a is
dubbed, Woman on Couch" aud is a
daubed representation Of a woman with
he hair down, pitched forward on her
face her left arm over her back and her
left leg punched under her body, the foot
protruding. Ones only thought was that
Of pity for the poor model. who had TO
pose for De Gas in this unnatural way.
Dorain Is the next Of the post i'm
pressionists to torture our artistic senses.
four of his creations being in the cir
cular. Number 40 is catalogued Still
7 =
catalogue We certainly would have been
lost, for there was nothing on the canvas
to convince US that the Jumps of color
were strawberries, pears and cherries. In
fact. the look Of the cherries IA that OF
the faces peering out OF monkey cage
at the Bronx zoo. Number A. is called
'The Pine Tree" but it looks more like
Mcintyre and Heath's Ham Tree. -
Number 43 was named Woman" but a
much better "moniker" would have been
'The Bent -nosed Squaw.'
GAUGIN MAKES HIS
ART PLAUSIBLE, MAYBE.
We have now gotten as far as eau
gum. who appears to have been more
clever than others. for he makes his
characters definite as to location. putting
them In place where one has never been.
Mum Der AZ is his IVA Drama Maria. $
which is South Sea Island for Hail
Mary" We shall never go to Tahiti
If the women are like GauguiD makes
them. The Mary" in the frame prob
ably is one Of the three women who
wears some red bagging, and has a boy
straddled over her shoulder, whose ex-
preston suggests Hell Mary" rather
than the title given the mess.
Matisse should have been named
what tbs" so difficult are his smears
Number go. called Window on the Gar
den" left one In doubt both as to where
the window commenced and the garden
left off, His Spanish Girl" or Number
60 Of the circular, was simply madden
ing in its unlikeness TO anything human
We shall pass on to Picasso, number
so being Woman Dressing Her Hair
woman with a v-Ehaped grandmother
face, the figure exposed from the knees
up. The cataloE days 1T was painted
about 1905 in the sc-called pink manner"
Well, whatever manner that may be. it
gave one the giggles. Number 81, an
other by Picasso named Landscape"
possessed clouds that looked like a flight
Of airplanes, trees that resembled ali
gators standing on their tails and water
that looked like thick soup greenish black
in color. The last that we contemplated
was Renoirs Girl Arranging Her Hair"
number Iii. Again we must thank MIR
Bryson Burroughs for his catalogue
for the girl question looked like an old
battle-axe, and she seemed TO be arrang-
ing an escape from her clothes. 1t was
dreadful to be among the lot. and never
did we welcome the air so much as after
our tour Of these French Nouveau art
hobsgoblins. Yes, and the rich people