» “…the picture-hook is the ruination of a painting – a painting which has always a certain significance, at least as much as the man who did it. As soon as it is bought and hung on a wall, it takes on quite a different kind of significance, and the painting is done for.”

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“…the picture-hook is the ruination of a painting – a painting which has always a certain significance, at least as much as the man who did it. As soon as it is bought and hung on a wall, it takes on quite a different kind of significance, and the painting is done for.”

— Pablo Picasso

Notice the “done for” paintings all around you.

Source: Harrison and Wood, Art in Theory: 1900-1990.

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European Art: Mezzanine»

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