25 june
jerry and roger had been traveling in tbilisi and were not at the opening. they went to the gallery to see the work on friday where i met them. while i had been there everyday i guess i had not inspected the work with an eye toward thievery. they stood under it looking up and asked me to take a photo (above). as i did, jerry gasped. a piece had been cut off and was gone. we all then looked carefully and it turned out that 7 forms had been cut off and taken.when i told raphael, a staff member, and then levon and nara, they were beyond shocked. in its five year history nothing had ever been taken but a poster lying about on a table. they offered to call the police but in the scheme of life, and with the possibility of identifying and locating the thieves zero, i told them not to.
as the tale was retold i was assured that the theft was a compliment for no one would have taken the pieces had they not thought them worth the risk. but, ...
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