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Article: Man about Europe.(ESSAY)(Harry Count Kessler)(Biography)
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- The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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THERE'S an arresting portrait of Harry Count Kessler, painted by Edvard Munch in 1906, that hangs in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin. A handsome, mustached, fine-featured man looks at us from beneath a rakishly tilted white summer hat. Wearing a dark suit, leaning slightly on a stylish thin cane, Count Kessler is elegant and impeccable, and appears younger than his 38 years. His gaze is intelligent, quizzical, attractive, yet something about Kessler's pose suggests the fastidious remoteness of a very private individual. Who was Kessler, once called by W. H. Auden "probably the most cosmopolitan man who ever lived"--and why should readers of this journal, in particular, ...
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Article: KESSLER WINS $7.3M IN WWOR FIRING
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
April 7, 1999 ;
700+ words
... ... Bergen County, NJ) 04-07-1999 KESSLER WINS $7.3M IN WWOR FIRING -- JURY ... A jury in Hackensack awarded Sara Lee Kessler $7.3 million on Tuesday, saying the ... when she was fired from her job in 1994. Kessler, 47, of Englewood, said she felt a ...
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