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Photo courtesy of Gary Kirchenbauer In 1989, an unpromising-sounding but alluring marble sculpture of a female nude came up for sale at a Christie’s auction held at an English country house in Hertfordshire. “It The other marble sculpture by Giambologna in the US, another nude dated to 1571-73, was bought by the Getty in 1982.
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Now he is bringing to auction furniture, silver, porcelain, sculpture, Old Master paintings, books, and drawings linked to the legendary 18th-century French military leader and emperor. We doubt it.
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The collaged object is made up of two newsprint silhouettes of men, attached to secondary paper supports that are adhered to a painted board. The collaged object is made up of two newsprint silhouettes of men, attached to secondary paper supports that are adhered to a painted board.
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