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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWonderful, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin has been discovered/identified. In New Jersey!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/nyregion/a-rodin-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-a-new-jersey-suburb.html?ref=todayspaperI was delighted to read this story in my morning NYT. Just in time to lift my spirits and make me smile!
Maybe a road trip to New Jersey is in order
panader0
(25,816 posts)How did no one know it was a Rodin? Since he died in 1917, the bust
had to have been there for at least 100 years.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 21, 2017, 01:31 PM - Edit history (1)
The art expert hired to go through the art seemed kinda in disbelief or afraid she'd make a mistake. But the provenance of the work puts it all together!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Ninga
(8,280 posts)to the museum in Philly, I hope the foundation that owns it, will see fit to return it to the borough in NJ. The history of how that building came about, plus all,of the other art work, really deserves to,have the bust returned.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)to a lot of people. However, OTOH the provenance is the borough in New Jersey. So I have sympathy for the people of New Jersey.
Ninga
(8,280 posts)art by noted artists in history, everywhere. I found to make a pilgrimage to a little village just to see a sculpture or piece of famous art, is an entirely different experience than in a museum. The local economy typically benefits from the infusion of visitor dollars.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)in Italy, since they don't come to you, you go to them! So nice to see them in situ.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Or does it need the extra protection usually provided by large museums?
Sitting in a corner of some meeting room, it would be vulnerable to theft or vandalism.
But, yeah, if the borough can build some protection around it, and still make it visible, they own it, they should have it back.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)but given that it is valued at $4 to $12 million dollars, I would think it would pose a bit of a security risk that the small borough is not equipped to handle now that the secret has been exposed.
Such an interesting story though!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)person might throw acid on it or attack it with a some instrument. Many famous museums require you to have any bag you have searched or left in a guarded room. Also coats.
elleng
(131,196 posts)MLAA
(17,340 posts)Grammy23
(5,815 posts)It was discovered in one of tRumps properties. Maybe placed at the entrance to one of his golf courses....for members to hang their jackets while they play a few rounds.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)"Hey, you wanna own a Rodin?" he might attempt to buy it. He was claiming that he owned a famous painting by Renoir a while ago. Stupid asshole.
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)If it has lotsa gold gilding on it or someone tells him it is a genuine Renoir he will buy it. Even if the paint is still wet! LOL All of his taste is in his mouth and hed easily be duped into buying a chalk copy of a Rodin and swear he has the original.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)found in San Francisco's city hall back in 1953
"Tucked away amidst mops and pails on the fifth floor of the city hall, a bust in plaster by Thomas Ball (1819-1911) has been uncovered in the 'lost art treasure hunt.' It is probably Henry Clay executed about 1852."
Jakes Progress
(11,123 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)One of my favorite paintings is his Luncheon of the Boating Party. Thanks for the wonderful story!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I am eternally confused!