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In 1969-1970 there hung a painting by the surrealist Salvador Dali in the
Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts, in NYC. This painting is titled,
"Columbus Discovering America," I think. What would strike you about the
painting is that appeared to be almost falling off the wall and it was very
tall. Through the center of the 8 foot canvas, ready to fall over on the
viewer, was a large brown (?) cross through the whole painting, in the
foreground, if you will. In the background was a beach, and on it in
pantaloons was a small party with a the larger figure (the nearest to the
viewer) kneeling on the beach with the others standing behind and I think off
in the distance a ship or two, but I don't trust memories of these sorts of
images since they are "archetypal." Has anyone else seen this canvas? Is
someone on the list connected with his Museum in Florida and would like to
forward a story about the painting. I was a poor student when his "Alice in
Wonderland" originals were available in Walden Books back then.
If this is a important "sighting" maybe it suggests that an SHA conference be
held in NYC? Our winters have been very warm of late, and some people here I
hear still think of SHA and think icestorms. Maybe we could break that
association in some of the members minds, though watching Samurai sword
production technology in the Pennsylvania Museum was worth the price of
admission and any site selected offers interesting opportunities for thought.
George J. Myers, Jr.
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