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Reproductions of Gustav Klimt’s “Pear Tree”—often referred to as the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s one great painting—flap on the banners outside of the Fogg, attempting to lure visitors into the Busch-Reisinger’s unique exhibit, “‘As though my body were naught but ciphers:’ Crises of Representation in Fin-de Siècle Vienna.” The exhibit’s forty pieces are on display in a single room...
...think ‘Pear Tree’ might be familiar to people; it’s one of our great works of art. It’s published everywhere,” says Laura Muir, Cunningham Assistant Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum...
...don’t really think about them within the context of the ‘Pear Tree,’” Muir adds. In fact, the most salient characteristic of the exhibit may be the complex dialogue established among the various themes engaged...
Another subtle but intriguing text-cum-visual art trick is the parallel placement of Klimt’s “Pear Tree” and a decorated, meter-long text box featuring another Hofmannsthal quote designed to emphasize the importance of images and words and how they interact with each other...
During our baker’s dozen vacation there is time for us to receive our partridges in our pear trees all 12 times over; perhaps on the thirteenth day, our truly lovely Harvard could give to us 13 more days of break...