In my children’s book Gertrude and Alice and Fritz and Tom, which I hope will soon reach the bookstores of the various museums where the Stein exhibitions are being held, the two young boys who visit rue de Fleurus encounter the atelier’s floor-to-ceiling paintings for the first time:
“Look at this really rambling room!” whispered Tom. “There are masterful modern paintings floor to ceiling! It looks like a museum! I hate museums, everything in a museum is musty and moldy.”
Fritz pressed his nose against one of the paintings. “This person has four flaming eyes and three thick ears and is not musty and moldy!”
Tom Hachtman's Fritz and Tom
I can assure you that there is also nothing musty or moldy at The Steins Collect exhibition which opened last week at SFMOMA !
In the 25+ years that I’ve been obsessed with GertrudeandAlice I have had moments more extraordinary than the proverbial “aha!” moments. I would have to say that they are more like “ah Stein!” moments!
