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Harding'sBookShopon538Congress StreetandArtifacts,thenewArtDeco antiqueshopon602CongressSquare, justtotheleftofSaigonThinhThanh, Portland’sveryfinenewrestaurant,are twoprimeexamples.Businessisboom¬ ing at Doug Harding’s (“I’m very pleased,"reportsDoug),andDavidKeef andJohannaMooreofArtifactsare excitedaboutthequickresponsetheir newshopisbringing.Filledwithblue¬ glassartdecotables,adeepselectionof colorfulBakeliteflatware,original French engravings, and fun 1950s
“Welookedforaboutayear.We lookedwithaguyfromEnterprise Recordswhoknowsalotofpeople around here-Bob Wertz. He recom¬ mendedweputtheshoprighthere, rightnow,”saysJohannaMoore,25.
“It'llbeanotherExchangeStreet,” Moore,formerlyofChroma,predicts. Foryears,estatejewelryofferedby CongressStreetjewelershasheralded what could be a new era for the region.
“AlotofpeoplewholiveintheWest End walk by here on their way to workeveryday.It’soneofthese‘trav¬ elledpaths’thatpeoplelookfor. They’recominginheresaying,‘Oh,I walkbyhereeveryday!”’saysMoore.
A pale green ceramic bird on a smooth-curved,stylizedbasesitsfor saleintheshop.“Itdatestoabout 1915,”saysDavidKeef,26.Onthe base,inFrench,isthestoryofthe bird,howitsurvivedtwowarsand evenfelloffashelfwhenabomb explodednearby.Howthere’sasmall holewhereabulletpassedthrough duringthewar.Hownothingcould keepthepalegreenbirdfromstaying alive.Nothing.LikeCongressStreet.
THEOULDitbethatMaine’sgoingtobe making national art news again? Six years ago the general public clamoredfordetailsaboutHelga, Andrew Wyeth's model, and now it's enigmatic Hildegarde Hirsch who's causing a groundswell of early interest among collectors— HildegardeHirsch,thelovelymistress(from1916-
1918)ofMonheganIslandpainter-illustratorRock¬ wellKent.She’sthesubjectofasubstantialnewart dislosurethatconsistsofrarelyviewedcoloroil-onglasspaintingswithHildegardeasmodel(we’retold ourcoverpaintingofHildegarde,oneofthenew Kent works that have surfaced, has been seen by "only a handful"
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Asanexample,untilthismoment the anonymous woman shown in the twopaintingsonpage13hasbeen identifiedsimplyas"Angel"(top)and "MaidandBird."
Now,unmistakably,sheis Hildegarde.
Infact,theupcomingpublication thisNovemberofThe JewelbyPort¬ land’sBaxterSocietyhasmadeour citythefocusofinquiriesfrom"a Who’sWhoofKentCollectors,"says Stanley,alocalKententhusiastwho unearthed the manuscript and securedpublicationrightsfortheBax¬ terSociety."StanleyMarcusofDal¬ las, Texas (Neiman-Marcus) has orderedacopyinadvance.And there’sJamesDonnelly,headof LakesidePress(whichpublished Kent'sveryfineMoby Dickeditionin 1930)..."
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-| een a t home onMonheganIsland,Kent,35,wasin NewYorkCity,paintingandsoliciting bookcontractsaswellasproducing illustrationsforVanityFair,Puck,the Chicago Tribune, evenRollsRoyce and Black Jack chewing gum adver¬ tisements:“IfoundmyselfatthetornupcornerofForty-firstStreetand SeventhAvenue...Istoodaside.And as,withdowncasteyestowatchher step,shecrossed,Ilookedather.And whatwithitsbeingthemonthofJune andallthatIhavesaidabouttheday, whatwithherbeingsoprettily dressedinwhiteanditssowell becominghergoldenhair,redlips,
RE TWO weeks had passed, underKent’s direction,they weretakinga trainnorthto Peterboro, New Hampshire and climbingthrough"thesweetenviron¬ mentoftheNewHampshireforest"to thebaseofMt.Monadnock.Kent instructedthedriverto"meetusat thatspotoneweeklater,”andthenhe escortedHildegardewithher"light blueeyesandred,invitinglips...a citygirl,adancerintheFollies!"to thesummitridgeforaweekchap¬ eronedonlybytheNorthStar.“’Hold it!'wesaidtoTime.'Inoneweekwe’ll beback.”'Theyascendedintoan ethereal,paintedworldthatwaspart art,partrealityandlatertobestrongly evidentinKent’soil-on-glasspaint¬ ingsofHildegarde.Kentrhapsodizes:
“Aloneatsosereneanaltitude that mankind far below could no longerbedistinguished,hisvil¬ lages appearing as mere specks, their mightiest steeples, emblems ofmorality,quiteimpotenttoprick the lower atmospheric shell of our etherealuniverse,aloofandfar removed from the obligations, duties,custom,lawandallthe fabricofsociety,wehadnosense ofguilt;and,likeEveandAdamfol¬ lowingtheirfall,couldabandon ourselves to the enjoyment of every pleasure that the body and the soul of man might craft. Naked we'd roamthattreelessridge,climbing itsledges,leapingtheirfissures, bathingfromtimetotimeinits
warm rain-water pools. Weburned, and then grew brown as primitives; and when toward evening the shadow of the rocks that sheltered ourcampsitefelluponus,we wouldsitbeforeourfire,cookand eat our evening meal, and watch the shadow of the mountain creep outandenfoldthelandinitsdark mantle. We'd watch the tiny house lightsoftheplaincomeon,and marvelatthestars.Then,tiredby allthedaybrought,we'dsleep."
“Kentoftentookhisgirlfriends north,"laughsStanley,"intowilder¬ nesssituations.Theblockwherethey metisrightbesideTimesSquare, stepsfromwheresheworkedasa Folliesgirl.Shewasaclassically trainedballetdancerwhowasrecruit¬ edinhernativeMunich,Germanyas achorusdancerbyaNewYorktalent agentwhogaveher,alongwithmany other young women, passage to the UnitedStates.“Intheworldof1910 theywerebroughtoverbyimpresar¬ iosaspartofgroupsofhundredsof such women. She wasn't a name talentbutshewasgoodenoughtobe desirablefordance/chorusmaterial forNewYorkCity.Atthattimethere were10-12nonstopfolliesnear42nd Streetand8thAvenue."
HEN they returned to New York,the couple keptup the romance through1917whileRockwell,aided byHildegardeinaGreenwichVillage apartmentonWest12thStreet,turned out"glasspanelsandmirrorsdeco¬ ratedwithships,stars,andfull-blown goddesses"inthebestKenttradition. Beautifullyexecuted,"thereisn'tvery muchdoubtthatHildegardeisthe femalefigureinmost,ifnotall,ofthe glasspaintings."
Mira Monte Inn —Gracious 17-room Victorian mansion, simpleelegance:Periodfurnishings,privatebaths,fire¬ places,library,piano,privateporches.King,queen,double beds,continentalbreakfast.11/2acresestategrounds.5minutewalktodowntownandwaterfront.2milestoAcadia NationalPark.Golfing,biking,hiking,boating,swimming andshoppingallnearby.Formerguestssay,“Awonderful experience”;“Averycozy,friendlyplacetostay”:“Onour thirdyearatMiraMonte,Ienjoyitmoreeachyear.”
BruceKennett,bookdesignerfor The Jewel, was also swept away whenhefirstviewedtheglassHildegardepaintings"duetotheirincredi¬ bledepthoffield.It'sbecauseofthe color,becauseoftheglass,because ofthewaytheywerecreated.”
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Kentplayedabitwiththe"Hirsch" inhismodel'snameandlinkedit, somewhatpreposterously,withthe German word for "deer." The Jewel’s lovelycolophonillustrationdepictsa wonderfullyconceivedimageofa manwithhisarmsentwinedarounda deer."It'sthem, you see, whenever hedoesthat,”saysStanley.Adeeris paintedonthewoodenjewelboxthat appearsasanillustrationonthelast pageof The Jewel’s November 6, 1917manuscript,underashooting star—aboxheinreallifewouldgive HildegardeasaChristmaspresentin December,1917.Andstillmoredeer proliferateinmanyotherofKent’s illustrationscirca1917-1918(after which they somewhat abruptly disappear).
APPILYforthe BaxterSociety, the Maine con¬ nectionis extremely strong.
“There’s good evidencethat hedidmostifnotallofthebookon Monhegan Island in 1917. We know thatKentspenthalfofSeptemberand allofOctober,1917inMaine,then came back to New York and pres¬ entedHildegardewiththebookon November6.InMaine,thehousehe wouldhavebeenstayinginisthe housethatlaterbecametheJames
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TheJewel, a Romance of Fairyland
Neverbeforepublished,thebookcontains sixoriginalpen-and-inkdrawings,andis i the earliest complete book written and illustrated by Rockwell Kent, predating Wilderness bythreeyears.
Preface by Kent's beloved widow, Sally Kent Gorton, Director, Kent Legacies. DescriptiveessaybyKentauthorityEliot Stanley.BookdesignbyBruceKennett.
Prefaceandessayareinseparatebooklet with12colorandb&willustrations,forming aslipcasedsetwith TheJewel. Allpieces are hand-bound. Printing by MeridenStinehour Press, The Shagbark Press, and Penmor Lithographers.
Price: $175. Benefactor copy, signed by Sally Kent Gorton: $250. Benefactors invited to gala party. Check with order, postpaid.Libraries&institutionsbilled.
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Kentalsobuiltandlivedinthe oceanfront house on Lobster Cove that,since1968,hasbeentheresi¬ denceandstudioofartistJamie Wyeth. He once wrote to Jamie Wyeth thathelovedthehouse,"Butfora yearortwoafterIhadbuiltthehouse, Ihadnightmaresoveritsbeing washed away and of myself swimming aboutinthewreckage."
In 1960 Hildegarde's nephew and soleheirwasThompsonFlint."He'sa mannowinhissixties,runsaliquor storeinNewYorkstate,”saysStan¬ ley.Thoughamiableandcooperative, he'snotanartenthusiast."His motherwasHildegarde'ssister,alsoa dancerbroughtoverhere.Hetoldme HildegardetoldhimshewasKent's model.”
Flintkeptherauntssecretfor19 yearsbeforequietlysellingtheart¬ worksin1981. The Jewel was acquiredthroughSotheby’sin1981 for $1,900 by George and Gladys SpectorofNewYork.Dr.ArthurH. Groten,aNewYorkradiologist,pur¬ chasedthreeoftheglasspaintings fromFlintprivatelythroughadealerin theearly1980s.ItwasStanleywho, whilevisitingNewYorklastyear, bumpedintoKentcollectors,includ¬ ingDr.Groten,and,learningthe names of The Jewel's present owners,prevaileduponthemtoletthe BaxterSocietypublishthe manuscript.
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Jeweldidn'twork.”There'stalkabout a"northernland,"gladescarpetedin moss,andahideaway,"Hildegarten," wheretheycouldsharealife together.Butthecrystalballshatters, andfinally"ThelittlePrincess stamped her foot;—he was so unreasonable.”
Mostinterestingisthistypeof wordplay,inwhichhecombinessub¬ limewordswithbusinesslikeWorld WarIAmericanlingo,hisprincesses stamping and fairy godmothers "sponsoring”things,andsoforth.
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ASocialistsincehewas20,inApril, 1967 Kent angered many Americans bywinningtheLeninPeacePrize, called"theSoviet-bloccounterpartto theNobelPrize,"andthendonating $10,000totheNorthVietnamese army
Unknown to Kent, who apparently hadn'twrittenhersinceMay,1921, HildegardediedwhilevisitingMunich in1960atabout70yearsofage,of naturalcauses.
Kenthimselfnevermentionedher. ortheartworksand The Jewel,tohis bibliographerin1964.InMarch,1971, Kent, who enjoyed shocking people withthephrase"Virtueisasin,” leanedoverfromhischairbythefire and“triedtoplucktheflowerswoven intothecarpet,thenfellbackintohis chair,unconscious."Hediedlater thatnight,age88.
Incredibly,hisfirstwifeKathleen, motherofallhisfivechildren,isstill alive,over100yearsold,inanursing home in Vermont
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0GUNQUIT IN SEPTEMBER steamswithpeopleinfluores¬ centinformalwear.JohnLau¬ rent'shomeisthetinywater¬ frontstudiohisfather,sculp¬ torRobertLaurent,startedin1917.out beyondBarnacleBilly'sandscandalous Jackie’sToorestaurant,inthattuna-tour-
There’sasemi-representational4-inch blackfishscreensuspendedingiant fathomsoflightgreenspace.Abouta yardtotheleft,adarkergreenslash, totallyabstract,ispaintedwithgreat assurance.Hepointstoit. "Ijustfeltit neededashotofsomethingoverthere, subtly,akindofbalance,"hesays. namentturnaroundbythewhitewood¬ en Perkins Cove bridge where it's "No.”
Andwhathappenedwhenyourfather impossibletopark.Calledby manythefinestpainterin Maine,Laurentmaybethe lastactiveelementofwhat Ogunquitusedtobe,sur¬ roundedbythesaltwater taffyofwhatOgunquitnow is.
Wherewereyouexactly the moment you first becameanartist?
"Iwaseverywhere,inthe NorthAtlanticandPacific during World War II. On nightconvoysintheNorth Atlantic...Iwasasonartech¬ nicianonthe L'.S.S.Schmidt, adestroyerescort.Mysonar spaces were below the waterline.Duringthosecon¬ voysIsentsomewatercolor andpencildrawingsina packagebackhome.Idon’t know....ForcrissakesI’d beendrawingsinceIwas7. butInevertookitseriously.”
Ilikethefishinglureseriesyoudid, likethisonein A CENTURY OF COLOR,thebookpublishedbythe BarnGallery.It’spartbaitbox,part rearviewmirror,aneatblendingof theabstractandconcrete,brightfish luressuspendedininfinity.That’s whenyouwerewithMidtownGal¬ leriesinNewYork?
“IstartedwithTomCrotty.IsaidIthink it’stimeforPortlandtohaveayearround gallery,' and that’s how he opened.ThenCrottystartedbringing JohnPaysonaround,becausePayson hadthebucks.ImetPaysonthrough TomCrottyand'wentwithPayson.He hadaguesthouseinFloridaforartists. Therewasaswimmingpool,refrigerator fullofanythingyouwanted.He'dchar¬ terafishingboatfortwoweeksandgo outintotheGulfStream.Igotmyfirst sailfishdownthere.Afterawhilehe wasembarrassedthathecouldn’tsell moreofmypaintingsatHobeSound GalleriesSouth,sohefinallybought somehimself.Yeah.Itwasthelifeof Rileydownthere!”
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“For that week my activitieswerelimited to making some pho¬ tographs of the wet cobblestone streets around the docks and eatinglobstertwoor threetimesaday. Finally,thefoglifted andIcouldtakethe incrediblydullpic¬ turesofheatingoil being pumped through apipelinetoMontreal. Bythattime,thelast vestiges of snow had disappeared. Also, eat¬ ingallthatlobster,I had gained 15 pounds.”
Aweekpassed.Thefogstayedput, and I amused myself by hanging aroundthedocksandtalkingtothe lobstermen.Theysteeredmetoasmall docksiderestaurantwheretheyserved nothingbutlobster.Forthatweekmy activitieswerelimitedtomakingsome photographsofthewetcobblestone streetsaroundthedocksandeating lobstertwoorthreetimesaday.Finally, thefogliftedandIcouldtakethe incrediblydullpicturesofheatingoil beingpumpedthroughapipelineto Montreal.Bythattime,thelastvestiges
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Portland Stage Company-Humor, greatwriting andanexplorationoftheindividual'srelationship tosocietyarecommonthreadsthatlinkallsix playsinthe1990-91seasonatPortlandStage whichopensOctober30atthePortlandPerform¬ ingArtsCenter,25AForestAvenue.Thesixplays are: Loot,byJoeOrton.October30toNovember 18,awildandwicked,black-humoredfarcefrom Englandwithahilari¬ ouslyconvolutedplot involvingastackof stolenmoneyhiddenin acoffin,twothieves,a funeral,anunscrupu¬ lousdetectiveanda displacedcorpse.Out¬ rageousandaudacious, thisdeliciouslysavage satireexposestheigno¬ ranceandbrutalitythat can lurk behind the falsefacadeofsocial respectability. A Man's .-1 Man.byMr.Bertolt Brecht. November 27 to December 16, tells thestoryofGalyGay. an innocent laborer whosetsoutonemorn¬ ingtobuyafish,meets upwiththreesoldiers andisthentransformed intoa"humanfighting machine."Withsongs, slapstickandimpossi¬ blecomiclogic,this fierceandfunnycome¬ dy about war. mass societyandindividualidentity,challengesour ideasaboutwhatdefinesaman.MissJulie.August Strindberg'snineteenth-centurymasterpiece.Jan¬ uary1toJanuary20, offersapowerfulviewof thesexuallychargedrelationshipbetweenMiss Julie,anaristocraticyoungwoman,andJean,her father'sservant.Theplaytakesplaceonthefamily estateduringMidsummer'sEve,thetimeofthe midnightsun.Amidthenightsdrunkencelebra¬ tion.MissJulieandJeanbeginaseductivedance whichbecomesadeadlystrugglebetweenindivid¬ ualdesiresandsocialtaboos. LadyDayatEmer¬ sonsBarandGrill,byLmieRobertson,January 29toFebruary17. combinesmusicandbiogra¬ phytogiveusarareglimpseintothelifeand
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Farnsworth Museum. Rockland.ThroughNovem¬ ber I: Beyond Black and White—Contemporary Hand-ColoredPhotographs,"whichfeatures21 artists,mostoithemfromMaine.Alsoondisplay: worksbytheWyethfamily.596-6)57.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. ThroughSeptember25."SelectedPrintsBromthe VinalhavenPressCollection"ondisplayinthe20th CenturyGallery.Bachyear,artistsofemergingand well-establishedreputationareinvitedtotheVinal¬ havenPress,locatedontheislandofVinalhaven,to workwithmasterprinters.Thisveartheshow includes77imagesproducedatthepresssince1984. 725-5275.
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Brick Store Museum, 117MainStreet,Kennebunk. The museum has two summer exhibits on view throughNovember:"ThroughtheArtist’sEye—A MaineWomanintheWorld"isthefirst:Exploring EdithC.Barry’s(1884-1969)impactonsouthern Maine’sartcoloniesasaportraitist,sculptor,muralist,anddesigner,theexhibitusesphotographs,films, paintings,sculpture,diaries,letters,anddecorative arts.Theydocumentthecolorfuladventuresand meaningfulcontributionsofthis20thcenturyartist, worldtraveler,andpreservationist.EdithC.Barry journeyedextensivelytoAfrica,Europe,andtheFar East,andherexperiencesplacedherintheforefront ofworldaffairs.Amongothers,shewitnessedthe mobilizationoftheFrenchmilitiaduringWorldWar I,Berlinin1939,andtheShanghaiofthe1930s.The secondexhibitistitled"HomefromtheSeas:Kenne¬ bunkport'sFabledSeaCaptain."After32yearsof sailingtheSevenSeas,CaptainDanielW.Dudley (1841-1930)spenthisretirementyearsdazzlinghis Kennebunkportneighborswithhistalesandcollec¬ tionofpricelessOrientaltreasures.OpenTuesdaySaturdayfrom10a.m.to4:30p.m.Admissionis$2 adults,$1children.985-4802.
Owls Head Transportation Museum, OwlsHead, Maine04854.September16:EmergencyMedical VehicleRally.October7:ChevroletMeet&Airshow. October14:CadillacMeet&Airshow.October28: FallFund-RaisingAuction.594-4418.
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