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They had (have?) some Hopper's on display at the Huntington Museum. I realized that even the best art books are unable to reproduce the stunning colors of the originals. It was the visual equivalent of CD audio versus live performance - just not the same at all.

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The Blue Boy at the Huntington was the artwork that really drove that point home for me. I had seen it only on computer screen before and that's even worse at color reproduction than print. That's all it took to ignite a life long appreciation of art and afterwards I was the ideal parental accessory at any museum.

If you’re in LA, go to the Getty just to see Irises. I had no idea that Van Gogh was 3D, but it is.

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