Art: Mouillot

A group of critics emerging from Manhattan's decorous Brummer Gallery last week with the name Marcel Mouillot scribbled on the backs of envelopes, wagered that that name would line up with Depression and the New Hats as a subject of smart dinner table conversation before the year is out.

Galleryman Joseph Brummer is only obliquely a promoter of modern art. His business is purveying, to the very rich, old masters, antique statuary, tapestries and furniture. But hoarse-voiced M. Brummer is also a sculptor. He was once a pupil of the late great Auguste...

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