Löw-Radeschnig, B: Otto Hans Ressler

If the pictures that the artist created are in his studio, the artist can not only destroy them; he can also deny having created them- as he harms no one through this. But as soon as these pictures are circulated-when they are exchanged, sold, exhibited, reproduced, etc.-this puts an immediate end to the untruthful denial of the authorship: an artist who created a work may not untruthfully say of this work that he did not create it. And this is the very focus of the matter that provided the impetus for this book.