Art: 25

New Yorkers paid 25¢ each this week to see one solid mile of native art in the Forum of Rockefeller Center's RCA Building. The occasion was Manhattan's first municipal art show, sponsored by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The artists selected their own exhibits, many of which were old to private gallery visitors. Prices were not openly quoted but sales people rustled lists running from $10 to a reported $25,000 for such pieces as Nakian's Babe Ruth, Zorach's Mother & Child.

Size was the big thing about the Municipal Show. In 33 multicolored galleries were decently...

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