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Originally Posted by gary
Hi Marc,
I once had a brief conversation with a stranger in Paris.
He was a U.S. serviceman who was stationed somewhere in Europe.
He confessed to me he had licked a Monet.
I asked, "Why?"
He said he was in a gallery standing in front of this painting.
He got closer to examine the texture of the paint.
Then a bit closer and a bit closer and soon right up to the canvas.
He said he then felt this irresistible urge to lick it.
He said, "I looked around, saw nobody was watching, poked out my tongue
and just licked it".
After years of handling Le Grand K with silk gloves, I wonder if the
curator might feel a similar urge?  |
You meet some weird people in museums.