H. de Roos - The critique of the toronto exhibition


6. The absence of a catalog would impair an evaluation of the plasters (2)

The Struggle For Information

In the five weeks left to prepare for the Toronto Symposium I repeatedly had to ask for more qualified information:

Could you please send me more detailed information about the background of the donation and the origin and quality of the plasters? What about the critique by the Musée Rodin, the plasters coming from the Rudier Foundry were "spoiled" or "ruined"? Has there been any further communication and/or expert assessment, to clarify the critique from Paris?

[From: Letter to Catherine Campbell, Project Coordinator, MacLaren Art Centre, 29 Sept. 2001]

(...) Still I think that supplying full information about the background of the donation and the provenance of the plasters as soon as possible would support the cause of this planned symposium, as already discussed telephonically.

[From: Letter to Catherine Campbell, Project Coordinator, MacLaren Art Centre, 4 Oct. 2001]

Could you please send me copies of the dossiers produced by Dr David Schaff and Ms Mary Reid in June 2000 and presented to the Musée Rodin upon their request - if they contain more in-depth information than the plain inventory list already sent out to the invited speakers? I am especially interested to see the complete provenance line of the single plasters and how the Maclaren experts assess their quality in detail.(...)

[From: Letter to Catherine Campbell, Project Coordinator, MacLaren Art Centre, 12 Oct. 2001]

I am sorry to repeat that failing access to a proper catalogue or at least the detailed work and provenance description your Museum produced already 16 months ago (!) makes it extremely difficult for me to do an exact preparation and identify single pieces.

[From: Letter to Catherine Campbell, Project Coordinator, MacLaren Art Centre, 25 Oct. 2001]

 

 

 

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