By the way, I read your quiz answers on your profile page. It was really, really funny. And I think a large part of the appeal for the Knopff mask is the way it's photographed: dead center with even light. Isn't it a beaut? It seems so lovingly touched. And, painted plaster! Sculpting that must have been so much fun. All you need is a chunk of plaster, a few tools from the back of the drawer and sandpaper. Dusty, though. (and brittle, yikes!) You can really tell that someone cared. In a way, I think that's where the surrealists broke away. The emphasis on care shifted from craftsmanship to the idea. I mean Dali was an extraordinary painter, but most surealists did whatever they could to get by. Miro was a brilliant colorist. Ernst, Magritte, Tanguy, Arp, all so-so painters in pursuit of big ideas, picked up easier by writers like Breton and Bataille and the handful of surrealist journals of that time, mostly between the wars. Jeezus. Sorry, I'm on my third cup o' java. Makes me yappy.