Heavens, no sooner do we see our first results from the sixth page of the bracket sheet, then the whole thing is in chaos. The Lawrence/Legar tiebreak match that topped the page was straightforward enough, actually, with Léger laying a fearsome beating on the British portraitist. But then came Modigliani/Modersohn-Becker, a match which saw the two European contemporaries race to a draw in apathetic voter turnout that didn't even really muster a quorum.
Then came an abstract pair --- Moholy-Nagy and Mondrian -- and an abstract result: a six-six tie. Your vote counts!
Finally, Claude Monet considerately gave Léger an opponent by crushing Henry Moore, who failed to garner a single vote.
For those who have never got around to memorizing the IAT rulebook, the upshot is that Modigliani, Modersohn-Becker, Moholy-Nagy, and Mondrian will reappear in the First Round a few months down the road. Lawrence and Moore head to the Left Bracket. And Léger and Monet face off starting right... now.
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
French
Tied with Frederic Leighton in his First Round debut, also in July 2014.
Shellacked Sir Thomas Lawrence in his second shot at Round 1.
Claude Monet
1840 - 1926
French
Skunked! Skunked Henry Moore in Round 1.
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11 comments:
I like Leger, but c'mon - voting against Monet? No way! Monet!
Gee, tough one. Monet.
I like Leger, but can't not say Monet here.
Mariah says Monet on FB.
And so does Lawrence.
I wonder how long it's going to take for Monet to be voted against? At least one comment longer, Monet.
Monet, certainly.
I expected this one to be hard, but it ain't. Monet.
Susan votes for Monet.
Monet.
I don't think there have been but four or five skunkings in the entire Tournament this far -- and now Monet has two of them, as he pastes poor Léger, 12 votes to none. And frankly I don't think his Third Round opponent is going to do so well either.
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