In our pixel driven, scan heavy, and digitally overloaded world… I want you to cast
your mind back to simpler days. When our biggest headache
was a magenta slide or a blown projector bulb. When men were slide
curators, and women were…slide curators!
I have eleven cases of
Perrot-Color slide mounts. You youngsters out there might not know them well,
but as their supply dwindled after production ceased, Perrot-Color mounts were
prized like a rare pearl or a fine wine. They were considered the
Cadillac of slide
mounts. These cases were hoarded here at the Gallery by one of my
predecessors. I can now proudly come out of the closet and say that… I AM A
GEPE MAN! I have always liked
them better and haven’t used a Perrot-color since
1983.
Are you still longing for the days
of thin squares of aluminum, testing the anti-Newton glass for the etched
side, and the seductive sound of the slide crimper securing the mount? Do you
miss those funny little labels that you could never type on, but came with
each box – just like the toy in a box of Cracker Jacks? Do I have a deal for
you! I am proposing a one-for-one
trade. Send me a case of Gepe mounts (you know the ones I crave, their white
and grey skin so ripplely to the touch, their inability to stack, yet how
quickly they snap and un-snap!) and I will send you a case of
Perrot-Colors. Please contact me
off-list.
My apologies for the
cross-posting.
Gregory
P.
J.
Most
Chief, Library Image
Collections
National Gallery of
Art
Washington,
DC
20565
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