East Bay Then and Now: Berkeleyan Torrey Owned Duchamp’s Most ... - Berkeley Daily Planet
05.02.09
Torrey kept the painting for six years. In 1919, he wrote art critic and dealer Walter Pach, “Counting the present high price of gasoline do you think that any one would pay a thousand dollars for the Nu Descendant? Walter Arensberg wrote to me about purchasing it that year I met him in NY, but I was not in a selling mood.” Arensberg was, in fact, eager to buy, and Torrey thanked Pach for acting as a go-between, concluding: “When I received your first telegram I did not tell Mrs. T. to whom I have not confided my intention to part with the painting if occasion offered; and I imagined more or less shamefacedly if she would object if I parted with it. The explosive nature of her reply “I SHOULD NOT!!!” requires probably small caps italicized if there are such things! You had hardly turned eastward before she bundled the Matisses off into a closet, and she looks upon the departure of the ‘Nu Descendant’ as a red-letter day on the hill. And yet we live happily together! Matrimony
Source: Berkeley Daily Planet, CA
Ground Zero: Oakland, CA
The man who organized Wednesday's BART police protest said he broke down in tears when he saw his peaceful march turn violent as some participants began throwing bottles, spitting on police cars and setting small fires.
Evan Shamar said he left the demonstration and watched on television as the situation got worse.
"I was devastated by it," said Shamar, 24, a photographer who lives in Oakland. "I worked diligently for the past 72 hours, and for it to be destroyed by a group of anarchists was extremely upsetting. I felt like my integrity had been compromised."
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Community express outrage at BART Board Meeting
Grant family pleads for peace in wake of Wednesday night's riots.
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There is a lot going on in my little corner of the world right now and it has captured national attention. It makes me glad I did my necessary bank runs in downtown Oakland on Monday and Tuesday or I could easily have been caught in a mob. Granted the problems in Oakland on Wednesday and Thursday evening are no where near the level of violence or sheer numbers as say the Rodney King Riots, or the Paris riots of two years ago, or even the Athens riots at the end of 2008. Still, there was a sufficient number of people who caused sufficient damage.
Anger over runs common sense in the best of times, but in the worst of times mob mentality often means mob rules and anarchy descends. It's a shame really. Public protest is one of the most powerful and effective tools of free speech. Sadly, when a protest descends into violence (targeted or random) that powerful tool goes mute and becomes ineffectual.
It is too easy for me to sit here in my seat of white privilege and condemn the mob for it's brutish intimidation. Life is never that neat and tidy. Anger runs very deep in the black community here...
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I would like to relocate my residence from Oakland to?
Apr 22, 2006 by bina | Posted in Renting & Real Estate
As I stated earlier, I am a hairstylist and personal shopper from Oakland, CA. I have a five year old daughter and am ready for a challenging, yet, rewarding career that I have found here in the bay area. I would like to live somewhere similiar to the Bay Area, as far as the weather. The cost of living and real estate is too high and very discouraging. Any suggestions?
Anywhere is an improvement over Oakland. If you like California, go to the central valley. Tracy is booming, so is Modesto.
philbertpheinstein | Apr 22, 2006