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Identify the Artist XI will begin on Sunday, February 11, 2018 and as usual run 10 weeks to the middle of April. Calendrical links are provided below.

Identify the Artist XI

Week 1 LENT (951 – 955) 2/11 – 2/15/2018

Week 2 MIRROR ( 956 – 960) 2/18 - 2/22/2018

Week 3 A ROOM WITH A VIEW ( 961 – 965) 2/25 – 3/1/2018

Week 4 LIPS (966 – 970 ) 3/4- 3/8/2018

Week 5 VENICE (971 -975) 3/11 – 3/15/2018

Week 6 Psychedelic Furs Greatest Hits Love My Way (976 -980) 3/19 – 3/22/2018

Week 7 DINING ROOM ( 981 – 985) 3/25 - 3/29/2018

Week 8 EASTER ( 986 – 990) 4/1/-4/5/2018

Week 9 INSIDE CHURCH ( 991-995) 4/8 – 4/12/2018

Week 10 PORTRAITS ( 996 – 1000) 4/15 – 4/19/2018

The 1st and 2nd place prizes will be a copy of the book: Photography at MoMA: 1960 to Now . store.moma.org/books/moma-publications/photography-at-mom...

In addition to First and Second place prizes, there will be a mailed Art postcard (my choice) acknowledging their participation. Third through Fifth place will also receive an Art postcard.

The Rules of the Game:

Posting of a detail fragment of a work of art will take place sometime after 8:00 PM EST, five days a week (Sunday; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday. There are no IDs on Friday or Saturday) Correct answers are allotted points in the following manner: First correct respondent receives 6 points Second: 5 points third: 4 points fourth: 3 points fifth: 2 points Each respondent after that receives 1 point, whether the artist named is correct or not.. 2 points will be awarded if there were not 5 awards. Incorrect responses will be awarded at least one point (there is no penalty for guessing...actually encouraged). The opportunity to accrue points can only happen within a maximum of 24 hours. Once the full photograph of the work of Art is elevated and the artist identified, no additional scoring (for that work can occur). (In other words, regardless of pleas, points will not be awarded for a comment/ID made days after the posting) ( Also, 15 guesses does not generate 15 points...only 1 point ) A favorite of the photograph will also garnish 1 point ( only if nothing else is ventured by the participant,…1 point is not added to any other points awarded ). A summary of scores for the top five positions will be published each Sunday, at the beginning of each set of five photographs. Caveats / Understanding: Postings may be held up due to circumstances beyond my control. Delays in posting may occur each evening. ( sorry, no guarantee on 8:00 EST, I’m a working stiff in the finance industry and there are late nights at times. – usually month end btw ). In addition, as most of you are aware, part of the clues for each identity is a “presence/absence” notation about whether the artist has been in a prior Identity Set. Because flickr’s new format doesn’t facilitate the reading of a long list of names in a “Set’s” overview/description, those lists are also available on request. If you send me an email address that can receive attachments, I will transmit an Windows based Excel sheet with the names of the artists and the number of their paintings/objects. ( Be sure to specify which format you would like: xlsx; xls; csv; txt – tab delimited – if you don’t specify the default is xlsx MS Office-10). ( non-windows participants should request txt). Also, sorry for the bias the timing provides those in the Americas but no matter how I thought about it… I couldn’t come up with a plan to assist Europe and Asia.