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Sam Eagan

10 picks · 1975–1978

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A GOOD MONSTER
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PROFILE of Pontus Hulten, director of the new Musee National d'Art Moderne, which is on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the new Centre National …

LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT HERE
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PROFILE of Claes Oldenburg, sculptor & artist. He was born in 1929 in Stockholm and spent the first three years of his life in N.Y., where his father, a …

Cowboy~II
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PROFILE of Henry Blanton (pseud.), foreman of the Willow Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. Tells about an elderly couple, George & Emily Smith, who are friends…

Cowboy~I
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PROFILE of Henry Blanton (pseud.), 40, foreman for the past 9 years of the Willow Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. He was in charge of 90,000 acres, & he ran …

Forms Under Light
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PROFILE of Philip Johnson, the most elegant architect of his time, who, with John Burgee, heads the architectural firm Johnson/Burgee, a relatively small …

THE MOODS OF A STONE
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PROFILE of Tatyana Grosman whose workshop, Universal Limited Art Editions, in West Islip, L.I. produces fine lithographic prints. Her venture began in 1957…

THE INVANDRARE
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PROFILE of Predag Ilic (fictitious name), a Yugoslav migrant worker in Sweden. He lives with his wife Darinka & their 3 children in a Swedish factory town …

NEW PARADIGMS
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PROFILE of Michael Murphy, who with Richard Price, founded the Esalen-Institute in Big Sur, Calif, in 1962. In 1967 they began a San Francisco office, now …

A KEEPER OF THE TREASURE
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PROFILE of Betty Parsons, 75, N.Y. art dealer. The Betty Parsons Gallery is at 24 W. 57 St. Describes her 29-year history as an independent art dealer; the…

VIDEO VISIONARY
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PROFILE of Nam June Paik, 43, a pioneer in video art, who is now an artist-in-residence at WNET'S Television Laboratory & a consultant on TV to the …