From the catalog, Andre read aloud the curator's words about Jacques Villon's drypoint print The Dinner Table. "Its unusual combination of strong diagonals and obsessive curves sets up rhythmic counterpoints, while the profusion of parallel lines used to denote shading, the forced compression of foreground and background, and the choice of the subject remain typical Cubist devices."

"These words could describe its name was Penelope," Lynn responded, "but without these words I would not see a similarity." She reached for the catalog; began to read aloud the male-dominated list of artists in the cubist exhibition: "Aleksandr Archipenko, Jean (Hans) Arp, Georges Braque, Josef Capek, Marc Chagall, Stuart Davis, Robert Delaunay, Andre Derain, Lyonel Feininger, Alberto Giacometti, Albert Gleizes, Juan Gris, Paul Klee..."

Andre retrieved the catalog, read aloud Picasso's words with which it began: "It's not a reality you can take in your hand. It's more like a perfume — in front of you, to the sides. The scent is everywhere, but you don't quite know where it comes from".