Subject: RE: ...(AND)
Date: 	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:07:59 -0700
From: 	jnewton 
To: 	   'Gene Sasso' , , 
         'Harvey Gold' , 'Janice' 
CC: 	   'jnewton' 
    

Dear gentlemen and Allen's wife,

As you are no doubt aware, deaccessioning is a controversial topic,
especially when the piece in question is a prime example of a specific
period or phase of work.  In spite of what some unnamed 'Certified Art
Expert' may claim, Box 2 Christmas Tree 2008 is obviously the jewel of the
series.  Would you expect to go to the Louvre and take home the Venus de Milo
(http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/illustration/atlas
/image_122927_v2_m56577569831227343.jpg)?  

But you could go to the Louvre and take home a slightly sad replica of the
Venus de Milo (http://www.finearttouch.com/shop/images/Venus%20de%20Milo.jpg).

In that vein I therefore offer the 'Box 2 Christmas Tree 2008 Simulacrum':
   Cross-cut pieces of dowel in a papier-mâché box.
   Sixty-eight dowel sections varying from 1 3/4 to 2-inches long and 3/8 to
      3/4-inches in diameter.
   Papier-mâché non-vintage box (outer dimensions: approximately 4.75 x 4.75
      x 2-inches) with lid.
   Includes 3-pak of 'Little Trees' in Royal Pine scent for that authentic
      Christmas Tree smell.
   
Images may be seen here: http://www.concretewheels.com/simulacrum.htm 

Act now as none of this has been cleared with Allen and les flics may arrive
at any second...


Cheers,
Jamie Newton