Rothko, Diebenkorn and Degas join Obama in the White House

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10-11-2009 @ 1:03AM

Gary Arseneau said...

October 11, 2009

Edgar Degas never cast in bronze.

All so-called bronzes attributed to Edgar Degas are 2nd- to 3rd-generation-removed posthumous forgeries with counterfeit "Degas" signatures applied.

The dead don't cast, much less sculpt.

The Hirshhorn is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. The AAMD endorses the College Art Association's ethical guidelines on sculptural reproduction. In part, they state: "any transfer into new material unless specifically condoned by the artist is to be considered inauthentic or counterfeit and not acquired or exhibited as works of art."

The dead don't condone.

In closing, the Hirshhorn violates their own endorsed AAMD ethical guidelines on sculptural reproductions by exhibiting or displaying these -counterfeits- as works of art, much less loaning them to the people's White House.

We, as Americans, are being played as fools.

Gary Arseneau
artist, creator of original lithographs & scholar
Fernandina Beach, Florida

10-15-2009 @ 1:09AM

info said...

Degas authority Walter Maibaum has recently made a tremendous discovery in France; he has uncovered a great number of lifetime plaster sculptures by Degas which were completely unknown to previous scholars and experts. When learning of his discovery, the heirs of Edgar Degas authorized bronze castings from the plasters, and exhibitions of the bronzes will begin in Europe this November. Mr. Maibaum is currently writing a book on the discovery, DEGAS: Sculptures Uncovered-History Revealed which will be published in the spring of 2010.
Read about a rare Hébrard foundry bronze sculpture by Edgar Degas, known as Le Tub, to be sold in November by Gray's Auctioneers:
http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/grays-auctions-rare-degas

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