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Guide to Art

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Constitution avenue at Sixth street
N.W.-Paintings and sculptures by
MsIatn sTeab masters ass as Tepresented in the
Chester Dale collection Of 10th CEN
tury French paintings; paintings and
drawings by 10Th century French
she WdeneH eoecde BY F5eneh a
arts, Chlnese porcelains. celamics and
Italian Renaissance and French 18th
century furniture: paintings loaned
oy y, 6elglan Government; Illn; weekdays. 10
Jefferson exhibition to May Is.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. Natural His
tory Building, Constitution avenue at
Tenth. street N.W.-National collec-
ton Of flne arts-.paintines. sculpture,
other collections. Special exhibitions
Drypoints and drawings by George T.
Tobin, through May, first floor; pic
torial photographs by the Arlington
Camera Club of Arlington, Va, in
the foyer.
Arts and Industries Building, Ma
tlonal Museum, Division of Photog-
Esphg; phoa9srsnh Salon prints from "nopnsr
lexcept Mondays1s am an; "3e to 4'3o
pm Mondays 1:3o to 4:30 pm.
seSs0E coRcoRAN ss0Is ,,root GALLERY LII R or ART.
artists. also by 10th century foreign
artists. casts from antique: Barye
bronzea works Of contemporary sculp-
and modern paintings. rugs. laces.
ceramics, etc.
SMITHSONIAN 1NsT1TuT1 TON,
main building, south side Of Mall at
raphc deah A4ts s5Tset sNWDyiSiTn Nafdo,; Of
Collection Of prints and illustrations
Of, technical processes. Occasional ex-
hibitions.
FREER GALLERY. south side of
Mall at Twelfth street N.W.-Orien-
tai art; paintings and prints by ]. A.
artists. Daily Except Mondays. 8
a m. to 4:30 pm.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, First
street between East Capitol and B
streets sE...Division OF Fine Arts.
trsona 9f p.ns Hmsbssn Ys
Jefferson Bicentennial exhibitions.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1901 Twenty-f1rst street NV
chiefly Of French and American
am. to pm; Sundays. 3 to z pm.
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. 1880 s street
an and d eth ether textile, j., q the Near snd
GoSI. opGH MOHQdy, Wednesday
and Friday, 2 to p.m Admission by
gard obtainable at the office Of
street NV
ARTS CLUB. ,2O17 I street NV
Paintings by Richard Lahey.
PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eighth and K
streets N.W.-VariouS collections of
prints and illustrations.
D. A. r. MUSEUM. Seventeenth
and D streets N.W.-Collections Of
early American ceramics. costumes,
dolls, other decorative arts.
CHLDRENs MUSEUM OF WASH
INGTON, 4215 Massachusetts avenue
N.W-Arts and crafts.
Thirty -frst Street H.W.D"Aprit ON in
WASHINGTON"
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART GAL
LERY. 24O1 Sixth street NV
Prize winning mural designs: textiles
by Marianne Strengel1; Swedish
weaving from Barney Neighborhood
House.
PAN.-AMERICAN UNION. Consti-
tuition avenue and Seventeenth street
N.W.-Permanent exhibitions Of Latin
American arts and crafts.
cssF Pssfv.1 pLAxHousE IoSEb y c,ssIt Eosf
street street NWmPhotoeTsphs 1g oeqsp OF by n1esa. mems
bers of National Photographic So
two weeks.
W. M. C. ExHIBITIoN-An exhi-
hibition Of paintings which have won
the attention of the War Manpower
&C., fooKe will 1eceDon BE eDsnsd to hs Mo5, DsD
afternoon at 1878 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and will remain on view through
out the week.
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String Quartet at
Library of CONGRESS

The Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Foundation in the Library Of Con-
gress will sponsor concert of
chamber music in the Coolidge Audi
torium of the Library on Friday
evening, 8:15 pm. The Budapest
String Quartet will make its final
| appearance on the current spring
series that night, presenting pro-
gram which will include two classi-
cal and one modern number. The
latter, String Quartet in B Minor,
Op. H." comes from the pen of the
American composer, Samuel Barber,
and dates back to 1886.
Schubert's Quartet in A Minor,
Op. %" will open the program,
Beethoven's latest and greatest work
in the same key, quartet in A
Minor, Op. 1872" will close the series
Tickets for this concert will be
available on and after tomorrow
morning at $3.50 am. at c. c. Cap
pel's Box Office in Ballard's, 1910 G
street NV. A service charge of Is
cents, tax included, is placed on each
ticket. Only two tickets will be
distributed to one individual.
At this time the Library of Con-
gress also announces the re-
engagement of the Budapest String
Quartet players for the season
1894 to be heard again under the
auspices of the Whittall Foundation.
Among the notable achievements of
this group this past season were
seven coast-to-coast broadcasts of
classical masterpieces for string
quartet and for larger ensembles
heard with the assistance of guest
artists. The 200th anniversary of
Thomas Jeffersons birth was given
an official observance in April on
which occasion the artists played
two quartets found in Jefferson's
personal library: Haydn's Quartet
in E Flat Major, No. q and Mozarts
Quartet In c Major, K. v. 465."
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/V\u;siic
Extension of Song
Contest Through
October Announced

Announcement Of the extension Of
the closing date for the patriotic
song contest jointly conducted by
the National Federation Of Music
Clubs and the National Broadcast
ing Co. has been made by Mrs. Guy
Patterson Gannett of Portland, Me-,
president of the federation. Entries
will be received up to october 81.
The extension of the contest auto
matically postponed the National
Music Week air premiere which was
promised for the winning song.
In announcing the continuance
Mrs. Gannett said that it repre-
sented the unanimous decision OF
the judges, Leopold Stokowski, Law
renee Tbbett, Ernest LaPrade and
Maj. Howard Bronson, music officer
Of the special service division Of the
War Department, and Of the contest
chairman, Rhea Siberia. Although
a large number of manuscripts was
examined, they did not find one
which completely. conformed to the
standard they had in mind. They
attribute the lack of suitable ma
terial primarily to the limited time
allowed the composers.
The type of song sought is one
which is of easy range so that 1t Is
adapted for community singing,
with original words and music, al
though the two need not be written
by the same person, and with an
ipcp{ro &{orol o,o1itv c,,cI &c would
capture the interest and enthusiasm
Of large masses of people.
The terms of the contest remain
as originally announced. 1t is open
to any composer now resident in the
United States irrespective of age,
creed, color or racial background.
Compositions submitted should re-
quire not more than two or three
minutes performing time. No COM
position which has been previously
published, publicly performed under
professional auspices or has been
awarded prize in any previous
competition will be considered. All
entries must include both words and
music, and by the latter is meant a
fully harmonized piano accompani-
ment. Each must be sent under a
nom de plume, but must be accom-
panied by a sealed envelope contain
ing full name and address of the
composer, brief biography and a
list Of previous compositions, If any.
Entries are to be sent to Miss Rhea
Siberia, 200 West F1fty-seventh
street, New York City. Return post
age must be inclosed.
The awards will be as originally
announced, premiere on a National
Broadcasting Co. network, and pub
lication by Mills Music, Inc, on a
royalty basis.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Survey Of DravineS on
S1eci0[ Exhibition

Some American Drawings" now
at the Phillips Memorial Gallery, is
an exhibition which should appeal
to every lover of good craftsman
ship. More than so drawings, in
various media, by 35 artists, are
hung in the print rooms in an un-
pretentious manner. There is no
attempt at a chronological arrange
ment. nor indeed at any special
grouping; the works are offered
simply for what they are, good ex-
amples by the respective artists.
Nevertheless, they range from
American "old masters" Homer and
Eakins and other 18th century art
lists, Homer Martin and John H.
Twachtman, through several in
their prime the first quarter of this
century, George Bellows and Arthur
B. Davies, older contemporaries Gif-
ford Beal, Boardman Robinson and
John Martin, to those recently "ar-
rived" such as Rarrel Austin and
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Record Reviews
By ELENA de SAYN.

When music seems "highbroW"
nine times out of ten it is the fault
of the performer and not of the
composer. The recent release of one
Of BeethOven's last quartets by Co
lumbia, No. ~ IN E Flat, Op 1871"
held by the majority as too obscure
for average comprehension, emerges
resplendent in its true light, thanks
to the Budapest Quartet players.
Presented by them in thoroughly
analysed and "digested' form. the
music fairly sparkles with radiance
under their skillful fingers. "Joie de
Vivre," or 10y of mere existence"
seems to permeate Beethoven's ex-
acting score, on the original sketch Of
which the composer once scraWled in
French the word "Gaiety," its motto.
AS one may guess, it is not the kind
of mirth which may be found in a
dance hall, but rather the contented
expression of one who has risen
above the frailties of humanity and
finds delight in the expansion of the
spirit.
Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 In E
Flat Maio Op. 49, played by Artur
Schnabel, veteran pianist, exponent
Of that composers music, assisted by
the Chicago Symphony, Frederick
Stock, conducting (Victor, is an
other equally successful recording.
Completed during the siege of Vien-
ma by Napoleon's armies and dedi-
Gated to the masters most influen-
tial friend, Archduke Rudolph it is
daring exhibition of pianism,
imagination and grandeur. Mr..
Schnabel's perfect mechanical con-
troll enables him to concentrate on
its musical contents, brilliantly Sec
onded by the orchestra.
"A Poem for Flute and Orchestra"
written for Georges Barrere by
Charles T. Critics, and played by
Joseph Mariana, f1utist with the
Eastman Rochester Symphony Or
chestra under Howard Hanson
(Single 12inch Disc, encompasses
and skillfully exhausts the possi-
bilities of the flute as a solo instru-
ment. Aside from Mr.. Mariano's
mastery and the lovely quality of
lollC llC vi avs liUlii Ills CllUStll ILL.,
strument, his chief success lies in
the choice of composition. Tinted
by French impressionism, effective
as a shoWpiece and musically sat-
isfying, it is noted for its fine work.
manship and discriminating
selection of material.
Two arrangements for two pianos
on single 10-inch disc (Vlctor),
Rogers charming "Ballet-Suite
Waltz" and Prokofeff's March"
from the Love for Three Oranges"
played by Whittemore and Lowe,
duo-pianists. brings to the attention
the richness and fullness of the
piano when two artists play it as
one man. Rogers number is espe-
cially interesting as an example of
his facility to write in any given
form.
OF the two songs recorded bv
Gladys Swarthout (single Victor.
Donnely- y-Romberg's Mother" and
I'll See You Again." from Coward's
"Bittersweet," the former song
brings out the timbre of the singers
voice, who, aided by the subject, can
bring into play the emotional quail
ity of her lovely mezzo-soprano.
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day. He commands rich color in
some instances, but the general
character Of the group as a whole
is somber and depressing.
He does succeed in conveying the
reality of such subjects as City
Carnival "a show installed on q
vacant lot in a tenement DISTRICT
and Flower Vendor" depicting a
peasant type bending over her offer
ings. Clown and Wig" is another
Interpretation of the melancholy
buffoon, a type dear to modern
artists.
The idea behind the small sketch,
First Robin" is charming: A group
OF children looking up at the bird
"a splash of red) on a telegraph
pole. But the painting as presented
seems as incomplete as an outline
for short story. Suggestions may
be satisfactory to some, but this
theme would bear DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Tickets Go on Sale
For 'Sweethearts'

The Columbia Light Opera Co.
announces that the ticket sale for its
production of Victor Herbert's
melodious operetta "Sweethearts"
will begin tomorrow at the COM
panys own boxoff1ce located at
706 Tirteenth street NV. The three
evening performances Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, June 10, IL
and IL, will take place under the
auspices of the District Recreation
Department at the Roosevelt High
School auditorium. Ethyl Manning,
the permanent director of the COM
pany, will conduct.
Being a civic enterprise, the work
of the artists, of members of the
company's board and Of It's officers is
gratuitous, all revenue from the
ticket sale going into music and
service to the city. "Sweethearts"
was first given in Baltimore 80 years
ago under the personal direction of
the composer. It is one of Herbert's
most entertaining and romantic
operettas presented at this time by
the company as another tribute to
the composer, whose Naughty
Marietta" given in February created
an apparent demand for another
revival of his music.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Maxim Schapiro
Gives Recitals
At Library
Russian Pianist
Is Sponsored by
Coolidge Group

On Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings the Elizabeth Sprague Coo
Idge Foundation in the Library of
Congress will sponsor the first two
piano recitals of a series of six pre-
sented by Maxim Schapiro, eminent
Russian pianist. The recitals will be
given in the Coolidge Auditorium
of the Library and will begin at
BIS pm.
The program of the recital for
Tuesday is as follows:
"Gavotte and Variations in Minor"
Jean Philippe Rameau G6S3-1764)
Sonata in F Sharp Minor" Longo 4sD,
Sonata in Major, tLongo 3451:
Johann Sebastian Bach G6s5-175O
From The Well-Tempered Clavi-
suite in F Sharp Minor" ......-.
Georg Friedrich Handel G6S51759)
Johann Sebastian Bach
"Reioice Beloved Christians"
..roooo oArrangGd by Ferr,Iccio BpSonil
"Ioccata and FlLgue in D Minor for Organ.
(Arranged by Karl TausigD
The Wednesday program will in
clude:
Sonata No. "a. in E Minor"
Joseph Haydn G1S2-ls 500
"Thirtytwo Variations in Minor"
Ludwig van Beethoven Q110-1s2O
Sonata in E Major, Op. l09"
Fantasy in D Minor. K V. 397."
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-l19D
'Variations on Come un' Agnello,'
"sonsta in E Major, op. So"
(The ''Waldstein" Sonata)
Ludwig van Beethoven
The programs are designed to
show the musical and historical de-
velopment of piano music beginning
with the masters of the 18th CEN
tury. Recitals in the weeks to come
will present music of more recent
| periods.
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Two outstanding musical preSen-
tations will be featured at the an
nual massing- of the -colors service
this afternoon in the ampitheater
of Washington Cathedral. Beginning
at $50, the United States Marine
Corps Band, under the direction of
Capt. William F.. Santleman, will
present concert, and during the
service the Cathedral Choir will give
the first performance anywhere of
the new patriotic anthem, Land of
the Free" by Gustave Reese.
The anthem will be sung cap
pella by the full choir of men and
boys under the direction of Ellis c.
Varley, Cathedral organist and
choirmaster. Its composer, who is
associate editor of Musical Quar-
terly," will be present.
Theodore Schaefer will present
Morrison McCurdy, Ruth N Steese,
Robert Waller and Matthew Wise in
organ recital at the Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church on Wednes-
dav evening at $3.50 pm. Compo-
sitions will include Purcell, Gle
rambault, Bach, Mendelssohn, Lem
mems, Dupre, Mottu and Clokey.
The program will be open to the
public.
After a brief vacation following
its recent presentation of a program
OF sacred choral music, the
Cathedral Choral Society will re-
sumo rehearsals tomorrow evening
at o'clock. Work will begin again
on the Bach "B Minor Mass" under
the direction of Paul Galloway, the
society's permanent conductor. This
will be the societys next presenta-
ton in Washington Cathedral.
Rehearsals will continue to be held
in Whitby auditorium of the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girls,
located across Woodley road from
the Cathedral. Singers interested
in joining the chorus for the pres
entation of the Mass" are urged to
attend tomorrow nights rehearsal.
Arrangements will be made for
additions OF new singers.
The Honor Music Group and the
Younger Girls Glee Club of Friend
ship House, under the direction of
Evening star., 1943-05-23
COrcOran Reinstates
Old Friends in Art
Though Number of Masterpieces in the
Permanent Collection Were Temporarily
Displaced Many Are Now Back on View

the world is richer-which is the
case of all true art.
Figure PAINTINGS
Of figure paintings, one of the
most outstanding, is that of Mother
and Child" by George de Forest
Brush-a study made from his wife
and child, painted in 1902, and ac-
quired for the Corcoran Gallery
during the presidency of the late
S. H. Kaufman, who held it in
high esteem. Like works of art in
this and other media which attain
to considerable height in merit, this
painting is amazingly quiet, and
though very simple in treatment has
great dignity. There is excellent
placement OF the misunderstanding
contrast between the mothers
rather worn face and that of the
chubby, apple checked baby.
This is not only Brush's master
piece but one for all time. De
Forest Brush was strongly influenced
by the Italian school of the past
but this painting is in spirit and
derivation entirely American. IN
terestingly enough, he began his
career, painting Indian pictures, of
which, by the way, an excellent
example is in the Evans Collection.
National Collection of Fine Arts.
For the Duration
At the present time quite a num-
Der of the paintings in the Corcoran
Gallery's permanent collection have
been removed from this city to a
place supposedly of greater safety
should bombing, incident to the war,
occur, but it was the feeling of the
director, Mr.. Minnigerode, and the
trustees that the gallery should not
be too greatly denuded in view of the
number of strangers in Washington
engaged in war work. and their need
for recreational opportunities.
1t is for this reason that the
paintings mentioned are still on view
old friends and valued. And besides
these, many others, such as paint
ings by Carl Melchers, Metcalf,
Gardner Symons and George Elmer
Schofield, to say nothing of Red
field, Benson, Tarbell and their COL
leagues; admirable and pleasurable.
These works are, as Chase once re-
minded US, for our enjoyment-not
our criticism. Let us enjoy them.
Ihey are well worth the while.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Civic Orchestra
Seeks New Talent

Capt. Taylor Branson, U. S. M. c.,
retired, former leader of the United
States Marine Band, has taken over
the post of musical director of the
Washington Civic Orchestra. This
group of musicians was organized in
1884 by Bailey F. Alart, and re-
hearsals are held each Tuesday at
8 pm. in the Central High School
auditorium (Thirteenth and Clifton
streets.
Capt. Branson has invited all
persons interested in joining the
orchestra to attend Tuesdays re-
hearsal. Cellists, trombonists, double
bass and timpani players are espe-
cially needed.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
In Local Music Circles

Jessie M. Olin, will present a pro-
gram at the Church of the ReHor-
nation, 212 East Capitol street, on
Tuesday at 8 pm. There will be
dramatized folk ballads and excerpts
from "Hansel and Gretel." The
public is cordially invited.
Mabel Frost presented a group of
piano students yesterday afternoon
in the third studio recital of the
season at the Shepherd Park Studio
The program of American and clas-
sic compositions was followed by a
series of solo and duet numbers
from the folk music and art music
of another of the Allied nations un-
der the title, "a Bit of Scotland. ,
Two groups of recorded songs and
social period concluded the pro-
gram. Students participating we're
Marshal Cohen, Rita Leapley, Will
son Halbach, Delbert Kendall, Bar
bara Halbach, Carol Martin, Juliet
Frost, Gladys Camp, Elaine Hanson,
Jean Silk and Donald Laws.
Helen Limon Baldwin will present
class of pupils in a piano recital
this afternoon in the Musical Art
Center, 1925 G street NV, at $50
o'clock, when Composers Bach,
Beethoven and Chopin will be fea-
tured. The following pupils will
participate: Jean Conger, Catherine
Emery, Natalie Frankie, Janet
Howe, George Hugueley, Jane and
Bobby Kales, Eleanor Moran, Mar
garet Eileen Mund, Amelita Perez,
Mary Louise Rippey. Susan Scott,
Ellen Sudler, Janet Wilson.
Alexander Sklarevski, guest teach
er at the Dmitrieff Studio from Pea
body Conservatory, will present his
Washington students in a piano re-
cital on Saturday at the Dnitrieff
Studio. The performers are Jack
Lappin, Burnadine Curley, Sylvia
Goldman, Tatiana Tam, Sherman
Kruzburg, Paul Steiner, Thelma
Stein, Lillian Harmon Burke, Mary
Munich, Juanita Russell and Hester
Smithy. Friends of the studio and
the public are cordially invited to
attend the recital.
Thelma Callahan, president of
the District of Columbia Federation
OF Music Clubs and Margaret C..
Smith, member of the National
Board, have recently returned from
attending the biennial business
meeting of the National Federation
Of Music Clubs held in New York
City during music week.
Edward Henneberry will present
the following pupils in a preliminary
piano recital at his studio, 1928
Connecticut avenue, this afternoon
at 4 pm; Joan Douglas, Virginia
Marks, Mary Murdock Suzanne
Alderman, Marie Beck, Mary Jane
Hranac and the Misses Zirkle.
The second lecture in the Musical
Appreciation Group of the Business
and Professional Women's Club, di-
rected by Mr.. Henneberry, will be
held at his studio, 1928 Connecticut
avenue, Thursday at 7:45 pm.
The subject will be personal Emo
ton in Music" examples of which
are Beethoven's Sonata Op. So" to
be played by Mr.. Henneberry. Schu-
bert's Hedge Rose" to be sung by
Mrs. Henneberry
An evening of music will be given
tonight at 7:45 pm. at Brightwood
Park Methodist Church under the
direction of Lucy Hopkins and with
Cornelia L. Kinsella at the organ
Those to be heard in solos, duets and
trios are: Norman Slant, Herbert
Molineu, Mae Harding, Sarah Nei-
fert, George Stonebraker and Philip
Simonds; Fritz Hauer, violinist, will
give two solos.
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Concert Schedule
TODAY.

TODAY.
Army Music School Choir. William
Strickland, director, National Gallery
OF M Arr; t;rs 8 pm; Iand c.t,odr., c,o,r
Ellis e. varIeS ana eaTesa1a direetor. annuai nhoni
massing of colors, Washington Cathe-
Evening OF Music. Brightwood PARK
Methodist Church, 7:45 pm.
TOMORROW.
Chevy Chase Women's Club. music
section. Phyllis Schwartz, soprano;
benefit concert and fashion show,
clubhouse, evening:
wheelwrisht. organist. L. D. s.
Chapel, 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Chevy Chase chanters; J. HORACE
High School. $40 pm.
Maxim Shapiro. piano recital. Lii
brary of Congress. s:15 pm.
reun sna gouaeeS nsese os H9ne1 gle. HHSe eS
Jessie NJ. Olin. director, Church OF
the Reformation. pm.
Record concert. National Archives,
Army Band, Auditorium. Fort Myer,
Soldiers Home Band, upper band
stand, $3.50 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Maxim Shapiro, piano recital, Ii
brary Of Congress, S:15 pm.
Victory musicale, D. Sterling
Wheelwright, organ: Edna Wheel
wright, soprano. assisting; L. D. 8.
Chapel 8 pm.
THURSDAY.
Army Band. Ellipse. 5 pm.
Soldiers Home Band, upper band
stand, $3.50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Budapest String Quartet, Library
Of CongresS, S:15 pm.
Victrola concert, Public Library,
Maryland avenue and Seventh street
NE, 7:30 pm.
SATURDAY.
Victory musicale, D. Sterling
Wheelwright, organ: L. D. 8. Chapel,
s pm.
Army Band. auditorium. Fort Myer,
Va. 11:30 am. pop" concert, 6:45
Pm.
soldiers Home Band. upper band
stand. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
German Refugee Artist
Opens First One-Man Shov

Franz Karl Bueb, young German
painter who managed to escape
from his Nazified native land before
the war and settled in Washington,
is having his first American exhibit
ton now, at the David Porter GAL
lery in Georgetown, to remain
through June 6. The water colors
on view have been painted in this
city and nearby Virginia.
1t is generally interesting to see
glimpses of familiar places through
the fresh observation of a compara-
tive newcomer. Mr.. Bueb's paint
ings are fresh and breezy, wholly
objective and. in some instances,
appear to have been done in
great hurry. Hastiness seems most
apparent in Potomac in Spring."
rather calligraphic sketch partly on
damp paper, and Into the Blue
RidgeR