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Article: Artist's Midas touch ran riot; Austrian designer Dagobert Peche made practical objects sparkle. The Neue Galerie is displaying 400 of his works.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 25, 2002
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Byline: Carol Strickland Special to The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- Most people, seeing an apple orchard full of fruit, would make applesauce. Dagobert Peche made an aesthetic statement.
Spending a summer day in the Swiss countryside around 1917, he suddenly dashed off to scour the nearest village for gold foil.
Then he plucked the most perfect apple, covered it in gold, and hung it on the most flawless branch.
"Look at the magic I made!" said the Austrian designer.
Through Feb. 10, New York's Neue Galerie is exhibiting more than 400 of Peche's magical designs in the first US survey of his work. The museum, which is ...