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Jack Balas, 2021; FAREWELL TO
A FRIEND #2199;
India ink and gouache on paper, 30x22 inches
(Large figure borrowed from Fernand Leger)
Text:
We were driving around Chicago, Bruce and I, September 1, 1976,
when he pulled into the parking lot at the Field Museum and ran
into the bookstore. He came out with two copies of a huge book,
a catalog for a show they were having, photos taken along the
border between the U.S. and Canada: BETWEEN FRIENDS- ENTRE AMIS.
He handed me a copy and we inscribed them to each other, a token
of our friendship.
When I heard yesterday of his passing I reached for the book
and in it found a passage about the border and how it cannot
be found when looking at the stars. I began this painting, a
full moon came up, and tonight after a brilliant sunset I will
be looking at the stars.
Bruce Klein, 1955 --2021, R.I.P.
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