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Article: At cross purposes: as initially entranced by Picasso's work as he was later dismissive of it, John Graham went on to pursue his own, ever more esoteric vision--both of painting and of the women who were his primary subject.
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- Art in America
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- March 1, 2006
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The Allan Stone Gallery's recent show of paintings and drawings by John Graham (1886-1961)--a mini-retrospective, really--gave us a rare opportunity to take a detailed look at one of the most interesting American artists of his time. John Graham is scarcely a household name, but among artists his fans are legion. Handsome, nattily dressed, urbane, intelligent and unusually appealing to women, Graham, in addition to being an extraordinary artist, was a confabulator of the first order. The past is for all of us a malleable substance, but Graham was especially prone to revising his personal history to suit the moment or the listener, and if an official document needed ...
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