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temple near Calcutta, and show the Hindu gods in echoing the ovoid. The two linked ellipses make an
their strangest and most alarming incarnations. extraordinarily satisfying composition.
Other work—this time from Bihar—consists of
pictures from the scrolls which story-tellers con- At AGNEW'S there is a distinguished show of Old
tinue to show to their audiences. The naive Masters, with some rarities among them. The two
strength of design is delightful. pictures I like best are a Madonna and Child by
Rosso Fiorentino, which once belonged to Sir
Just as Harold Hobson has his King Charles's head Kenneth Clark, and a profile portrait by Berna-
in the acting of Edwige FeuMere, so I have mine dine dei Conti. Both are pictures with a slightly
in the sculpture of Brancusi. The BROOK STREET `gamy' flavour—this despite an apparent severity.
GALLERY must therefore get a mention for the The Rosso is boldly designed, but the Child is the
superb drawing by the master which they have sick, bald baby of early Mannerism—a strange
recently had on view in a mixed exhibition of view of the Christian legend. The profile portrait Below left Constantin Brancusi
modern drawings. This is a study for the Nouveau shows a pale head above an elaborately fringed Etude Pour 'Le Nouveau NO' (Sleep) c. 1 91 4-1 5
Ne (a version of the sculpture was quite recently on dress. The profile has the brittle elaboration one Gouache on board, 15 x 21 in.
the London market). Brancusi treats the child's sees in the cross-section of a sea-shell. Brook Street Gallery, London
head as a metaphor for the egg cracking to release Edward Lucie-Smith
the chick. This finished study presents the form at Below Boar Incarnation of Vishnu Kalighut c. 1860
eye-level, with a dark shadow behind it, exactly The Arts Council

Far left Henry Fuseli
A woman with a fan standing, seen from the back
1791
pencil with blue, brown, black and pink wash,
9⅛ x 7⅜ in.
Roland, Browse 8- Delbanco, London
Left Dei Conti A lady
oil on canvas. 29½ x 22½ in.
Agnews, London