Posted by Stephen Lauf on November 14, 19102 at 04:19:01:
: Thanks Thomas.
: I am not familiar with DUCHAMP UND DIE ANDEREN. Does Daniels write at all about the classical sculptural group within the (exterior)museum pediment above and on axis with the window to the Duchamp gallery at the PMA? This sculptural group, a rare reenactment of classical antique polychromy, represents sacred and profane love via mythological characters. I've been wondering whether Duchamp knew of the symbolism of this group while he was arranging the interior disposition of the Arensberg collection, and specifically the room for the Duchamp collection, and hence the specially installed window.
: In any case, I like to think of THE LARGE GLASS as a confirming furtherance of the sacred/profane love axis at the PMA. (I wonder where YARA is these days.)
: Steve
: ps
: I know the back door to ETANT DONNES cannot be considered a 'work' of Duchamp. Nonetheless, it is the door to what is probably the most (purposefully designed) inaccessible artistic space of the 20th century.
: pss
: In a separate email Thomas asked if I scratched "2 KEY" into ET's back door. I did not scratch "2 KEY" into the door. I am not that clever! Moreover, it was Anna's idea to "look into" the back door. Lately, whenever I take a visitor to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I first take them to the back door, and then tell them they have to find the front door.