everytime I remember that lesbian couple that have a marble statue of the two of them embracing and sleeping on a bed together over where their graves will be because the artists didnāt believe they would be able to be married before they died, so what they couldnāt have in life they could have in death, I fucking breakdown
memorial to a marriage; patricia cronin
āon july 24th, 2011- the first day that same sex marriage was legal in new york state, particia cronin and deborah kass got married. that same year the marble āmemorial to a marriageā was replaced with a bronze version. rainwater pools in the space between their two sculpted bodies, and falling leaves catch on the metal in the autumn. the two women sleep peacefully through snow and ice, and the scorching days of summer. over time the hands of cemetery visitors will wear down the bronze, burnishing it into a smooth shine. one day this will mark the final resting place of the two women. and someday people will have to remember that there was a time, long ago, when this was a memorial to a marriage that two women never thought theyād have.āĀ
-Ā Caitlin Doughty, on the Death in the Afternoon podcast
For those curious:
Hereās the real-life couple in 2019 š
happy 20th anniversary (nov 3, 2002) to patricia croninās marble sculpture that furthered art, advocacy, and lesbian breakdowns everywhere
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