Faceoff #1: Denis v. Derain
Maurice Denis
1870 - 1943
French
Lost to Paul Delvaux on the last vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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André Derain
1880 - 1954
French
Lost to West Coast boy Richard Diebenkorn in Round 1 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Faceoff #2: Dine v. Brancusi
Jim Dine
born 1935
American
Lost to Otto Dix in Round 1.
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Constantin Brancusi
1876 - 1956
Romanian; worked in France.
Lost an early lead and lost to Cubist master Georges Braque by a single vote in Round 1! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Languished for the better part of a year after the victory was miscalculated as a tie.
Was reintroduced with Braque back into the brackets in the place of the Dobson/Van Doesburg tie, which was actually a tie.
Vote for the two artists of your choice! Votes generally go in the comments, but have been known to arrive by email, by postcard, or in a sealed envelope.
Please note that you may vote only once in each face-off. Opining that both of the artists in one of the two face-offs is superior to the other is fine, but casting your votes for two artists in the same face-off is not permissible.
14 comments:
Denis and Dine!
Denis and Dine
I'm going with Derain over Denis by a nose. And, despite my respect for Dine's printmaking skills, I've got Brancusi giving him the bird by the length of ten giant cartoonish hearts strung end-to-end.
Derain on the top, easily. And for the bottom it's tougher, but I'll go Brancusi I think.
I struggled with the decision between Denis and Derain, but the happy ladies with strangely-proportioned heads drew me into their garden, so it's Denis this time (though it's freaking cold out today, and the Derain was a big hot sunny Mediterranean temptation). And Brancusi, please.
Brancusi for sure! And I'm surprised to find I'm voting against Derain again.
Derain and, yes, Brancusi, yes!
Denis and Brancusi
I like Denis and Derain better than Brancusi and Dine, but I like Denis and Derain about the same and Brancusi and Dine about the same. I'm going to go.... ABSTAIN up top and break for BRANCUSI on the bottom.
Denis & Brancusi
Vote-by-mail for Derain and Brancusi
Denis and Brancusi.
Derain and Dine
I'm changing my abstention to Derain, but that doesn't keep Denis from winning this one 7-6. Dine/Brancusi is still live.
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