[New-Poetry] sent by (letters)

[jforjames at aol.com]

>
> So these will likely go from being forgotten in the back of a filing 
> cabinet to being inaccessible to anyone except the acquaintances of
> the various, but mostly rich, collectors who buy them for their
> private collections. All that hidden art. It's no different than 
> hearing that some painting I will never get to see was sold for cazy
> money by one patron of the arts to another who will put it someplace I
> will continue to be unable to see it.
>
>

If the people of the world could unite (hah) for the purpose of
demanding free access to all art (hah) then that situation would not
exist.  Any volunteers for this Quixotic effort?



I think I missed something in this discussion. Isn't there a tremendous amount of art in public collections all over the world. I've been going to public museums for years and I can't say I've seen a fraction of what is out there...you can stand 3 feet away from it and stare as long as you want, I swear. And the admission price is usually about the same as some new Hollywood movie released last week and forgotten in another week. The work in private hands often works way into museum collections. 

The beauty of those letters, if they were unknown before being auctioned, is that they'll prompt new biographies about their subjects.
 Finnegan
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