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Organizers of the 1926 Macbeth Galleries memorial exhibition paid tribute to the recently-deceased Ernest Haskell by juxtaposing the artist’s etching River Sanctuary with a poem he had written. Haskell’s dual activities as a printmaker and a poet aligned him with the creative synergies of his era—which sought an alliance between the literary and visual arts, and employed a similar critical language for both—and ultimately shaped his legacy.
In this instance, River Sanctuary is more than a depiction of Phippsburg Center Church in Maine. It is a mental state found on a picturesque shore, as much as an architectural structure.
KG, How He Was to His Talents exhibition, March 24, 2011-August 7, 2011
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