Christopher Knight Walter Hopps [1932-2005] Curator Brought Fame to Postwar L.A. Artists, Los Angeles Times, 22/3/05, pp. A1, A19
The Arensbergs had been the unofficial center of the European emigre Dada movement when they lived in New York; in Hollywood, where they moved in 1927, [into a house designed by Irving Gill] their role changed to that of keepers of its history.
Duchanp had been the primary advisor in the development of their collection, and for them he was the center of that legacy.