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Japanese Giant Crop Murals
Jul 9th
Controversy Surrounds the “Life Plasters” of Edgar Degas
Mar 9th
Many experts raise concerns about the authenticity of the 74 “recently discovered” plaster casts of Degas statues. These casts are said to have been created whiles Degas was still alive. The casts were found at the Valsuani foundry, outside Paris. The Valsuani foundry cast 46 bronze statues of Little Dancer from these supposed “lifetime plaster” in 1997 and 1998. Each of these were sold for upwards of $2 million. Many of the experts who doubt the authenticity of the cast and the whole enterprise, have choosen to stay silent for fear of law suits, but say, “Let it collapse of its own weight.”
Little Dancer
Examples of all 74 bronzes are now on display at the Herakleidon Museum in Athens. In November of 2011 they will be at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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Life Plasters
