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June 3, 2009 Archives


Last Andrew Wyeth painting; mandate metastasis

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Andrew Wyeth's last painting can be found in the 25th anniversary edition of Island Journal, that gorgeous publication of the Island Institute, based in Rockland, Maine. He died Jan. 16. Wyeth (and his family) was of course deeply associated......

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"Abstract Rhythm''

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

"Red Pod II,'' wall treatment by Laura Pollaro, part of the "Abstract Rhythm'' show at Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery, in Exeter, N.H., July 7-July 31. Phillips Exeter, one of America's biggest and richest prep schools (and often paired......

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Beautiful bridge to Maine

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

-- Photos and caption by William Morgan The World War Memorial Bridge linking Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, N.H., was one of the the country's largest vertical lift bridges when it was dedicated in 1923; its nearly 300-foot lift span......

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