Posthumous
After Emma's death, Carl Jung carved a stone in her name, "She was the foundation of my house". He is also said to have cried "She was a queen! She was a queen!" ("Sie war eine Königin! Sie war eine Königin!") while mourning. Her gravestone was inscripted: "Oh vase, sign of devotion and obedience".
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“One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
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