Worthy of record in Europe last week were: 1) an exhibition that proved a point; 2) a burst of indignation; 3) an extraordinary stroke of intolerance.
> At Paris' tiny* Galerie Henriette on the fashionable Avenue Matigon, a set of drawings and water colors by Paul Cézanne was exhibited to clinch an argument: that Cézanne, contrary to deep-rooted popular suspicion, knew how to draw. The exhibitor: Adrien Chappuis, owner of one of the best, least-seen collections of Cézanne drawings. Taken largely from notebooks, many of the great painter's slight, spontaneous pencilings were evidence enough that he had regarded drawing...
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