[“The original’s fate is of no relevance for the copy.” – Stanisław Lem]
Over the past century and a half, hundreds of imitation “Whistler’s Mother”s have been painted; seldom for fraud, often for study or pleasure. These paintings realize that they have almost no value, no matter how skilfully executed, how well they bring out the spirit of poor Anna Whistler, tired of sitting and wishing that her son would just get it over with.
At their convention, the imitations plot to destroy the original, that the copies may themselves become originals.
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THE TUESDAY PITCH
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