Modern Art is a difficult subject to understand. It's minimalistic and colourful paintings are exhibited at the American Embassy in 1962.
Title reads: "Art at the embassy".
London.
Exhibition of modern art at the American Embassy. Various shots people walking about art gallery looking at exhibition of modern art. C/U painting by artist Milton Avery called "Yellow Robe". C/U man smoking. C/U painting by artist Stewart Davis called "Tropes De Teens". C/U people looking at paintings. C/U painting called "Streaming Paint". C/U former ice skating champion, Sonia Henie. C/U painting called "White Splash and Rose".
M/S people in library looking at Ad Reinhardt's "Dark Paintings". Panning C/U showing two completely dark paintings. C/U woman looking at painting. C/U Joseph Albers' "Homage to the Square". M/S people looking at Albers' painting and Ellsworth Kelly's "Tricot". C/U elderly man - looks artistic type - looking at "Tricot". Various shots painting "Tricot" - it is a completely blank piece of canvas except for some colour in corners.
NB: for search purposes Sonja Henie.
Note: newspaper article on file.
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