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page 8, Gregory Battcock/Brigid Polk : "Dance Journal..." and "I remember Jill Johnston from the old days..."; image: Brigid Polk

Date

1970

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Artist: Les Levine, Irish born 1935

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Prints

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Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reese Palley and Marilyn Arnold Palley, M21772

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© Les Levine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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page 8, Gregory Battcock/Brigid Polk : "Dance Journal..." and "I remember Jill Johnston from the old days..."; image: Brigid Polk

People

Artist: Les Levine, Irish born 1935

Date

1970

Classification

Prints

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reese Palley and Marilyn Arnold Palley, M21772

Copyright

© Les Levine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Created by gpt-4o-2024-05-13 on 2025-01-30

The image appears to be a magazine or publication page featuring an article contributed by Gregory Battcock and Brigid Polk. The layout includes a prominent headline with the names of the contributors at the top in bold, green text. The background of the text is a gradient of vibrant colors, transitioning from green at the top to purple and then to blue at the bottom. The text is organized in columns, typical of a journalistic style, filled with dense writing. Near the upper section, just below the headline, there are two inset monochromatic (green) photographs placed side by side, one showing a person sitting on stairs, and the other displaying a similar subject matter in front of a building. Ven background within the text are graphical elements including a stylized face in monochrome, placed centrally providing a visual break from the dense text. The word "dance" can be seen at the beginning of the passage under Gregory Battcock's section, suggesting the article might pertain to dance or performance topics. The overall design is visually striking with its bold use of color and mixture of images and text.

Created by gpt-4 on 2025-01-30

This image features a two-column page from what appears to be a magazine or newspaper. The columns are filled with dense text and the page is divided into two main sections with headers that read "GREGORY BATTCOCK" and "BRIGID POLK." The background color of the page is green at the top, transitioning to blue at the bottom, creating a gradient effect. There is also a large, bold headline that says "dance JOURNAL" set in capitalized letters. In the GREGORY BATTCOCK section, there's a portrait of an individual with dark hair, short bangs, and a dark top. Above the image, there’s text that is too small to read confidently without a closer inspection. The text beneath the portrait is also too small to read clearly but seems to be a written piece that might relate to this individual or be authored by them. The BRIGID POLK section contains only text without any visible images, presumably filled with content related to or by Brigid Polk as indicated by the heading. The font size remains consistent with the rest of the document, making it challenging to read without zooming in or having a physical copy to examine more closely. Overall, the layout suggests that this page covers topics related to dance and possibly profiles or articles about the individuals mentioned in the headers, who may be notable figures within that sphere. The gradient coloring gives the page a distinctive look, and the entire layout is reflective of print media design, possibly from a few decades ago given the typographic and design elements.

Anthropic Claude

Created by claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 on 2025-01-30

This appears to be a page from a dance journal or magazine article featuring a black and white artistic portrait in the center. The portrait appears to be in a vintage style. The text surrounds the image in a two-column format with green headers at the top reading "GREGORY BATTCOCK" and "BRIGID POLK". The dense text appears to be discussing someone's memories or experiences in a narrative style. The overall layout has a punk or underground magazine aesthetic from what appears to be the 1970s or 1980s based on the typography and design elements.

Created by claude-3-opus-20240229 on 2025-01-30

The image shows a newspaper clipping featuring two articles titled "Gregory Battcock" and "Brigid Polk". The Gregory Battcock article talks about his career in the Dance Journal magazine, his travels as a journalist, and his tragic death on Christmas Day. The article includes a black and white photo of Gregory Battcock. The Brigid Polk article discusses her answering services for famous artists like Warhol, Oldenburg and Jasper Johns, as well as her friendship with them. It mentions her being a "Warhol superstar" and her interest in making movies. The text is printed in a green ink on a yellowed newspaper background, giving it a vintage look from several decades ago.

Created by claude-3-haiku-20240307 on 2025-01-30

The image appears to be a magazine or newspaper article featuring two people named Gregory Battcock and Brigid Polk. The article discusses their involvement in the dance journal and mentions details about their lives and activities. While the image contains human faces, I will not identify or name the individuals, but rather describe the content of the article and what I can observe in the image.

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Created by amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 on 2025-01-30

The image shows a page of a magazine with two columns of text, one on the left and one on the right. The left column is titled "GREGORY BATTCOCK dance JOURNAL," and the right column is titled "BRIGID POLK." The left column has a picture of a woman with a green background, while the right column has a picture of a man with a red background. The text in both columns is written in a small font and appears to be a conversation between the two people in the pictures. The magazine page has a colorful and eye-catching design, with the use of different colors for the text and images. The overall impression is that of a lively and engaging conversation between two individuals, possibly discussing dance or related topics.

Created by amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 on 2025-01-30

The image is a page from a magazine or newspaper with two articles. The first article is titled "Gregory Battcock" and features a photograph of a man with a serious expression. The second article is titled "Brigid Polk" and includes a photograph of a woman with a serious expression. The text is written in a small font and is divided into two columns, with the left column containing the main article and the right column containing smaller articles and images.

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GREGORY BATTCOCK BRIGID POLK dance the Cafe Deja Vu and she used her answering service. Of coune to do little scenes there. Yes, she we used to call Polly. And we'd used to do little seenes at the say, "Polly, where's Jill?" and Cafe Deja Vu. And she liked Polly was very elusive over the Dickens, so she used to do things telephone. She wasn't so elusiver from Dickens And nobody in person of course. She wasn't could actually get over itso elusive with Jill as a matter of Bmel JOURNAL Somebody once asked me if eot molested by my fans every time 1 went out yes I yam buster except when I yam incog neato which David says is when I look the way I should and not the way I do. Gregory said that George heard from Les about how everybody that's attracted to me is oversexed. I wonder if that includes the man from the Singer Company who came to fix the machine that broke because Ann spilt V-8 juice into the mechanical part and he said what's wrong and I said 1 didn't do nothin and nothin is allowed so I'm calling the cops and he got isassoutahere une, deux, trois lickety-split. So no machine except Ann knows this here red blooded American injun who lives above or below and named fact. But we dont know if that's because her favorite thing was to do her monologue from David still going. And as a matter of Copperfield. And everybody fact, I think it was Polly who thought "how clever Jill introduced Jill to Dickens or Johnston was to do David Dickens to Jill. Anyway Polly's Copperfield." And she'd have working for the Lexington her friends sitting there with a Typewriter and Training Co. It's on 23rd St., on the east side. You can catch her in there cello, and she'd have somebody else there with a flute and somebody with an Oboe. Now they won't talk to her anymore maybe from twelve to seven. Well Polly used to be a because they think she's gottenwaitress at Brownies and that's where Jill met Polly because Jill back to the Cafe Deja Vu just wouldn't eat dead food. anymore. And she just denies You know. ld have to eat She won't gowh very, well.. that she ever ever ever read Dickens, let alone David food that would regenerate life. Copperfield. But I remember Jill She was very big on that. She carry ing Harpers Bazaar and would have to have raw Websters Seventh New Collegiate vegetables. She wouldn't drink Dictionary completely new for milk because it forms mucous school home and office. And and Polly gave her lots of she'd quote you right from the literature on all these foods that dictionary, right from the regenerated all the cells and all dictionary anything you wanted the different things that you had to know. She'd open the to eat. I mean Jill just went erazy and Polly was just there. I Harvey and he dries the machine with a towel while I looked the other way. Thinking to write this letter to whom it may concern butI don't know the address except David said I should mail it to the lost and found which is where Gregory said he found somebody's virginity Gregory's brilliant but he's loosing his hair. Whv doesn't he try the lost and found. Having a hamburger with mayonaise with Les at Max's and this chick sneaks over from Brigid Polk dictionary and she'd tell you. Of) coune she happened to like mean she was just wonderful. Bazaar much better than she And the two of them you just You never saw a happier liked Vogue. Vogue was a cogpic buuk, That was in the old days couple. It was wonderful. And I though. I h aven't seen herguess that must have explained recently.Isaw her do athe signature inside the New Collegiate Dictionary. But now commercial on T.V. for these i mixed tissues. You know, the you don't see them together kind with the four different anymore. You don't see Jill and behind and whispers something opposite me with nothing to and wholl hold the door open colors I said, "What is Jillyou dont see Polly, And of Johnston doing on T.V. doing course you don't see too much like are you Elizabeth Shaw or glare at exeept me, do I know for me when I get into the car Whore or Hartwick and I said to you I said. No, I'm not really and will Gregory kiss me? John Les what did you call me I'm no famous she declares. Shucks. made up a list of who shouldn't of David or Gregory. And they would always give us the news of Kleenex commercials? If they were Kleenex?" I'm not surew whore I'm an artist and you can Too bad. At 42nd St. she gets be invited and it includes since Little Lulu did Kleenex Jill. But now you call up that commercials first. Well, I just answering service and you don't keep your Chinese Canadian out of both my life and the Gregory, David and Susan. Catholic opinions to your new subway. What was it Gregory Who's left? Deborah, Ira and rotick cricket friends. In the meantime the chick henceforth remember. Doesn't matter. Not Somebody dressed in red who couldn't believe it was Jillget any answer at all. Johnston, I couldn't believe it. So I called up the Cello player, went to the airport last week to watch all the planes said about 42nd St.? Can't Aunt Angela, Hmmm. Good. known as Madame Super Active there any more. At 34th St. looks like the archibishop said and the Oboe and the Flute come in and go out and it sort of reminded me of all those Thyroid reveals that she had some oaf reading the Voice we'd desegregate the place. player and I said, "ls that Jill seen me in D'Agostino's with smashes into me, people who Cookies are red/Gregory Johnston? The same Jillcrosstown busses in a way. In a very strange way! And looking at all the neon lights and picking up fan magazines and reading al these different gosspi columns. People saying good-bye to their loved ones over the holidays, and people coming in to meet their loved ones and I saw a Cello and it wasn't the cello Andy and assumed I must be read the Voice act like they're poo/how can I be sure/that IJohnston from the Cate Deja Vu somebody after all, well I'm not. wearing blinders I opinionated, love you'? Won't do. Saw Paul Nobody knows who I am except but then I'm not getting Morrisey's movie entitled Copperfield? and they said, myself and one or two others anyplace either. If people whoTrash" and it's going to be a that's Jill Johnston" and I said, including the gas station are rushing about aren't going big hit, says Gregory who also"My God, she's dyed her hair." attendant at the Sinfull station anyplace, wonder if people says that Morrisey should try would have never recognised her. in North Salem who has a cute ass. Must remember to tell my newly intended except even the later. Miss, where are the drapes? or more profound, and not best intentions get forgotton. Fancy fruits and vegetables inbetween. He also said that off But then we used to ride taxi's Waiter, fillerup and check the dearie. No honey, drapes not stage shooting directions that together also. I don't know, but oil, Three Dimensional Man, a can of beans and how's the wife? drapes, California drapes or ased more economically and that use d to do David I But it's very funny how you ride who aren't going anyplace are harder to get the people in the really getting there? Figger it out movie to be either more stupid the bus with somebody and you don't know them years later player and it just brought back all these memories of the Cafe she would be carrying around , these mannequins with pins and Brownies, and all the milk Deja Vu, and David Copperfield grapes. Custom drapes, sale appear in the film should be Where's the ladies room sir not ordinary drapes dearie? Skin it.used in such a way that they stuck in them and writine that formed the mucous and Collegiate Dietionary completely new for school home and oftfice. It's the most complete. Most up to date. New from cover to Webster'ss Seventh New hete. I should never go to Macy'sThey're probably sour. Ann's compliment the narrative and people's names on them with nor anyplace else really but I promised Ann's Aunt Angela l'd Right now I'm reading In movies and in fantasy and in pick up some curtains and dragged myself to the BTM-IRD expresso, stop for a little bourbon on ice at the Academy of Americana, sory lady. no ladies allowed in pants so off magie markers and panhandling just to get forty-nine cents to aunt Angela can get her own. not distract from it. Good idea something somebody like deed, everything should count, buy a felt tip pen so she couldi write on your cast you know, if chic but incomprehensible, just not one not two, not three, and you had a broken arm or a letter, Clytemnestra and the 1not Gregory either since what broken leg. Jill was crazy, she Ching that John gave me years doesn't count are his imitations used to carry around with her cover. It's the only one based on the unabridged Webster's third new International Dictionary The finest in English Languages authority ever since 1847, the leading name in dictionaries Completely new edition A Miriam Webster. Completely Annette sent me from Paris, very that's right, that's what I said, ifty hangers, and a half packed suit-case just because she didn't know where she was staying from one minute to the next. I I remember Jill Johnston don' know how she carried all ago when I was receiving things. of Jill cum Gregory cum they come and everybody stares not any more, not giving Gregory cum Gregory ow can I have my drink? You anything either except my hand can tell they hate me. Upon the scene arrives two suckling pigs in uniform O.K lady whaddaya think ya doing Nothing. I'm going and I get out, down to the subway and didn't leave no tip This chick seems to be sitting It goes to Gregory. Who's giving BRIGID POLK me away, I'll ask Brigid. Gregory thinks the nup-duals should be from the old days. We used to these things around with her, the at St. Patrick's but 1 wanna know if we're getting separate and we used to get off at the didn't see Jill much. She got this rooms at the hotel in Brazil Tompkins Square Library Jillanswering service and nobody where we go to consumemate had an apartment next door to saw her, 1 mean vou had to new edition. Well what with Christmas gone and the holidays such a let down. Thanksgiving comes and then Christmas comes ride the Crosstown bus together dictionary, Bazaar; and then we and you let down of courrse
GREGORY
BATTCOCK
BRIGID
POLK
dance
the
Cafe
Deja
Vu
and
she
used
her
answering
service.
Of
coune
to
do
little
scenes
there.
Yes,
we
call
Polly.
And
we'd
seenes
at
say,
"Polly,
where's
Jill?"
Vu.
liked
Polly
was
very
elusive
over
Dickens,
so
things
telephone.
She
wasn't
elusiver
from
Dickens
nobody
in
person
of
course.
could
actually
get
itso
with
Jill
as
a
matter
Bmel
JOURNAL
Somebody
once
asked
me
if
eot
molested
by
my
fans
every
time
1
went
out
yes
I
yam
buster
except
when
incog
neato
which
David
says
is
look
way
should
not
do.
Gregory
said
that
George
heard
Les
about
how
everybody
that's
oversexed.
man
Singer
Company
who
came
machine
broke
because
spilt
V-8
part
what's
wrong
didn't
nothin
allowed
I'm
calling
cops
he
une,
deux,
trois
American
above
or
named
fact.
dont
know
monologue
still
going.
Copperfield.
fact,
Johnston
she'd
Lexington
sitting
there
Typewriter
Training
It's
on
23rd
St.,
side.
You
can
cello,
else
somebody
Oboe.
Now
they
talk
be
met
back
just
eat
dead
food.
anymore.
know.
ld
have
won't
gowh
very,
well..
ever
read
let
alone
food
would
regenerate
life.
remember
that.
raw
Seventh
New
wouldn't
drink
Dictionary
completely
new
for
mucous
office.
literature
all
foods
dictionary,
anything
you
wanted
She'd
open
whoTrash"
it's
going
Johnston"
said,
including
gas
station
are
rushing
big
hit,
tell
newly
intended
even
Miss,
where
profound,
Fancy
fruits
vegetables
inbetween.
He
also
off
But
then
ride
taxi's
Waiter,
fillerup
check
dearie.
No
honey,
drapes
stage
shooting
directions
together
also.
ased
more
economically
d
harder
people
really
getting
there?
Figger
it
movie
stupid
years
later
around
,
these
mannequins
pins
Brownies,
Vu,
Copperfield
grapes.
Custom
drapes,
Where's
ladies
stuck
writine
formed
Collegiate
Dietionary
school
complete.
up
Webster'ss
never
go
Macy'sThey're
sour.
names
them
nor
anyplace
but
promised
Aunt
Angela
l'd
now
reading
In
movies
pick
some
myself
expresso,
stop
bourbon
ice
Americana,
sory
lady.
attracted
wonder
includes
fix
Ann
juice
into
mechanical
got
isassoutahere
lickety-split.
So
no
knows
this
here
red
blooded
injun
lives
below
favorite
thing
think
thought
"how
clever
introduced
Jill.
Anyway
Polly's
Copperfield."
working
friends
Co.
east
catch
flute
an
anymore
maybe
twelve
seven.
Well
she's
gottenwaitress
Brownies
denies
carry
ing
Harpers
Bazaar
Websters
vegetables.
milk
forms
home
gave
lots
quote
right
regenerated
cells
dictionary
different
had
eat.
mean
erazy
Harvey
dries
towel
while
looked
other
way.
Thinking
write
letter
whom
may
concern
butI
don't
address
mail
lost
found
somebody's
virginity
Gregory's
brilliant
he's
loosing
his
hair.
Whv
doesn't
try
found.
Having
hamburger
mayonaise
Max's
chick
sneaks
Brigid
Polk
you.
Of)
happened
like
wonderful.
much
better
than
two
saw
happier
Vogue.
Vogue
cogpic
buuk,
That
old
days
couple.
It
though.
h
aven't
seen
herguess
must
explained
recently.Isaw
athe
signature
inside
Dictionary.
commercial
T.V.
i
mixed
tissues.
know,
see
kind
four
behind
whispers
something
opposite
nothing
wholl
hold
door
colors
"What
Jillyou
Polly,
doing
course
too
Elizabeth
Shaw
glare
exeept
me,
car
Whore
Hartwick
said.
No,
will
kiss
me?
John
what
did
famous
declares.
Shucks.
made
list
shouldn't
Gregory.
always
give
us
news
Kleenex
commercials?
If
were
Kleenex?"
surew
whore