babitz: it was--i think it looked like a chinese restaurant, basically. you know, did not look like a museum. bell: it was mostly chinese and japanese artifacts and antiquities and that kind of stuff, and walter brought the aspect of modern art into their point of view. drohojowska-philp: the pasadena art museum was taking a chance on walter hopps. this is an exciting world, this new art that's coming up, and they want to be a part of it, and he was able to convey the excitement and thrill of supporting art that was entirely new. glicksman: the pasadena ladies, they got 100% behind walter and about being in the avant-garde and they really liked it. [women's voices sped up] drohojowska-philp: the pasadena art museum then became the only contemporary art museum in los angeles. [distorted voice of duchamp] from all the rooftops shout that he is a genius. he'll have to wait for the verdict of the spectator in order that hideclarations take sociavalue, and that finally pterity includes him in the primers of artist history. cheng: marcel duchamp, he's more li a