... should understand his work in progress well enough to know when it was done to his own satisfaction; polish was not a prerequisite for a good painting. Henri warned his students against the pitfalls of excessive competitiveness: it would damage their integrity. "Art is art," he said, "whether on a ... at the school. Man Ray's contribution, A Study in Nudes, foreshadows a concept that he was still three years away from entitling in another painting, "an arrangement of forms." Seven odalisquelike figures are arrayed in a variety of poses, as if to prove that the artist has triumphed ... R...

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