early ���50s summering in East Hampton, but by the mid1950s, Provincetown became his summer home. He left
East Hampton, the hub for Jackson Pollock and Willem
de Kooning, because of ���all
its high pressure and statusconsciousness.���
People
���look at you as if you���re a
stock on the exchange,��� he
told me. Provincetown was
egalitarian; people didn���t
make a fuss over celebrities,
and he could maintain his
privacy. He also enjoyed
the easy lifestyle and the
friendly,
heterogeneous
community that welcomed
and
understood
the
artists. As a member of the
cooperative Long Point
Gallery, he developed close
associations with artists who
shared his interests.
Of course, it was that special
light that held the greatest
attraction���as well as the
street life, which, from his
point of view, was the beach
life. As he looked out over the
Robert Motherwell, Blue Guitar, 1990
stretch of sand at low tide,
he explained:
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