Departure.

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2. I saw Guerinca again in Spain a few years back. Unfortunately, it is on display high up, out of reach, as it had...

...been attacked by vandals, another crime, like what it depicts, against humanity.

It's not the same, up high, out of reach, as it was when it was displayed at the Met. I went to see it, just before it left New York in 1981, to say good-bye, but saw it many times before that. You could stand right in front of it, struck by the enormity.

It goes without saying that it was a moving experience.

Seeing Departure is a similar experience for me. I went to the Modern with my son when he was an art student. I will never forget going up the escalator and as you stepped off, there it was, Departure. I will always remember that day with my son, that moment in particular.