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Strange requests



One of the strangest emails I ever received came from some young man in
Kiev, who simply asked:

"Why cannot I find myself ?"

That was the entire body of the text, no subject line. I presume he may
have been an artist who could not find his name on one of our databases or
searchable webpages, but there was no real indication to that effect. I was
very tempted to respond with some quotes from Sartres, De Beauvoir or
Descartes...

Bart Ryckbosch

Bart H. Ryckbosch
Archivist
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel:(312)443-4777
Fax:(312)443-0849
bryckbos@artic.edu

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