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Thursday, November 13, 1975
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Original prints attract buyers
Original prints by Picasso, Renoir and Horn were among them exhibited and offered for sale by Ferdinand Roten Galleries in the Kansas Union yesterday.
Roten Galleries, sponsored by SUA, has exhibitions and sales at major museums, colleges art galleries and art centers throughout the United States and Canada.
Greg Hack, Roten representative, said
youths that the student response here
is the most effective.
"Most are art students who realize what they're looking at." Hack said.
He said the prints were all originals rather than reproductions, because they came from plates made by the artists. He noted that some of the prints were photographically reproduced.
Hack said the prices ranged from $3.50 to $125. The price depended on the artist's reputation, the quality of the image and how many prints had been made.
Brian Ross, Webster Groves, Mo, freshn,
said he thought that the price range
was excellent and that it was much cheaper
than he had expected.
According to Hack, exhibit sales of original prints are the biggest growing field because of the demand. "A lot of young people are wanting to collect original art,"
Works by young contemporary artists with good reputations are the most interesting to collect. Hack said. He said the pieces he and watch the piece increase in value.
Paula Lerner, SUA fine arts chairman,
said Roten Galleries came to the University of Kansas twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.
Group studies vacation closing
The possibility of shutting down as many as one third of the buildings at the University of Kansas to conserve energy during winter vacation is being considered by the Energy Secretary, Mr. Lacos, assistant to the chancellor and chairman of the committee.
But a major shutdown would occur only if fuel prices were high and fuel costs increased significantly.
A shutdown on a more limited scale is a more likely possibility, he said, and would perhaps become standard practice during vacations.
Buildings that are usually deserted by students and faculty during the winter vacation are being considered for possible closing, Lucas said. Staff and faculty members who use the buildings during the year and need office space during the vacation would be temporarily relocated if a building were shut down, he said.
Lacas declined to specify any buildings that would be closed.
But William P. Smith, dean of the School of Engineering and a committee member, said Learned Hall presented problems with the difficulty in closing campus buildings.
Because files, records and office furniture would have to be moved, relocation of staff and faculty members would be "no easy thing to do."
Lucas said responses would be studied in recommendations made within two weeks.
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