- "There's an old children's joke. You hold up a white piece of paper and you ask, 'What's this?' 'A rabbit in a snowstorm'. [...] People always ask me how can we charge so much for what amounts to gradations of white. I tell them it's not about the artist's name or the skill required not even about the art itself. All that matters is 'How does it make you feel?'"
- ―Vanessa Marianna to Wilson Fisk[src]
Rabbit in a Snowstorm is a painting owned by Wilson Fisk.
History
Confiscated by Gestapo
- "I was a toddler when the wolves came to our door. The Gestapo demanded everything we had. Including that painting."
- ―Esther Falb to Wilson Fisk[src]
In 1940s, Rabbit in a Snowstorm was owned by Esther Falb's family. In 1943, members of the Gestapo confiscated a painting after they killed Falb's father and chased her family across Poland.[1]
Purchased by Wilson Fisk
- "How are you enjoying 'Rabbit in a Snowstorm'?"
"You remember."
"Of course It's one of my favorite pieces."
"I hung it in my bedroom. It's the last thing I see every night."
"That's either very romantic or very sad." - ―Vanessa Marianna and Wilson Fisk[src]
Many years later, painting was possessed by Scene Contempo Gallery. Art dealer Vanessa Marianna specifically referring that painting as one of her favorite pieces. During one exhibition, she spotted Wilson Fisk who looked up at it. Marianna told him old children's joke about a white piece of paper which featured a rabbit in a snowstorm. She also explained that value of painting is about who it does make the viewer feel. Fisk who was interested about painting and Marianna, said that it makes him feel alone.[2]
Fisk purchased painting for a large ammount of money and hung it in bedroom of his penthouse. Gradations of white became the last thing that he saw every night.[3]
Returned to Owner
- "This painting is bound up in that love. It's part of me. It's part of us."
- ―Wilson Fisk to Esther Falb[src]
In the wake of Arrest of Wilson Fisk, painting was confiscated by federal government. Falb was informed about it and took painting back, stating herself as the only legitimate owner. Upon his release, Fisk learned about it and offered Falb to sell a painting for a lot of money but she refused every Fisk's offer.
Fisk then decided to speak with Falb personally about that painting. He visited her in her house where he saw a painting. Fisk described it as beautiful peaceful what Falb agreed. Falb then reminded him that she will not sell a painting and Fisk explained her his feelings about it, which was given to him by Marianna who he loved. Falb admitted his story but then told Fisk hers, comparing Fisk with Gestapo who took that painting before. Fisk thrn realized that Marianna would want Falb to keep the painting and left her.[1]
However, Falb was visited by Benjamin Poindexter who wanted Falb to return picture to Fisk what she refused again. Poindexter then killed her and ordered hotel stuff to hung painting in Fisk's living room at Presidential Hotel. Poindexter presented a painting to Marianna as a gift from Fisk. However, she noted traces of blood on a painting's frame and realized what that painting costs for them.[4]
Appearances
In chronological order:
- Daredevil
- Season One
- Rabbit in a Snowstorm
- In the Blood (mentioned)
- Shadows in the Glass
- Season Three
- Aftermath (mentioned)
- Reunion
- One Last Shot
- A New Napkin
- Season One
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daredevil: 3.11: Reunion
- ↑ Daredevil: 1.03: Rabbit in a Snowstorm
- ↑ Daredevil: 1.04: In the Blood
- ↑ Daredevil: 3.12: One Last Shot