David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


20 July 2016

from Braque and L'Estaque to the stackscapes of our mind

1. Braque à L'Estaque (Missing)

 

PARIS, FRANCE — A lone thief stole five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said Thursday.
The paintings disappeared early Thursday from the Paris Museum of Modern Art, across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower. Investigators have cordoned off the museum, in one of the French capital's most tourist-frequented neighborhoods.
The museum's security system was disabled, and a single masked intruder was caught on a video surveillance camera, according to Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at Paris City Hall. 
Investigators are trying to determine whether the intruder was operating alone, Girard told reporters.
He said three guards were on duty overnight but "they saw nothing."

Paris art heist: This June 30, 2006 photo shows an employee at the Cantini museum in Marseille, southwestern France, looking at the painting "L'Olivier prés de l'Estaque" (The Olive tree near l'Estaque) by French painter Georges Braque during the exhibition Braque and landscape, from l'Estaque to Varengeville". Five works including paintings by modern masters Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and "L'Olivier prés de l'Estaque", have been stolen from the Paris-run Musee d'Art Moderne.   
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2. Picasso and stack (verso) below

            FIAPCE  -1978-  
3. a FIAPCE stack (recto) above
   
       
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
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