"Gurlitt is more interesting than the art he hid. It’s reported that, every evening, he took from a..."

“Gurlitt is more interesting than the art he hid. It’s reported that, every evening, he took from a suitcase and savored, sheet by sheet, a particular stack of works on paper. That haunts. It evokes the classic caricature of a miser gloating over his gold, but with a gloss of spiritual refinement and passion.”



- Peter Schjeldahl on Munich art hermit Cornelius Gurlitt: http://nyr.kr/18KdB06 (via newyorker)

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