Strindberg – Sylva Sylvarum

‘For three days I have observed two large pictures in solid frames hanging on the wall before me, supported by a cord fastened horizontally behind the frames; these pictures have only one point of support, so that they are sensitive to the slightest movement. The wall goes from east to west, or the other way about, it makes no difference. Now every morning when I wake up I find these works of art a little askew, the left corner inclined down and the right up.’