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From: jbugslag <[log in to unmask]>
> > as Ms. Lees says, there are plaster casts of them in the V&A; and also in
the Trocadero cast museum in Paris, where i first saw them "in the [plaster]
flesh" in '68 and made some serious, detailed photographs of them myself.
> Christopher,
> After the disastrous fire at the Trocadero a few years back, I wouldn't
count on any of their casts still existing,
first i've heard about this disastrous fire.
the definitive Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_national_des_Monuments_Fran%C3%A7ais
only says, "in July 1995, a fire partially destroyed the building..."
and, according to this page,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Architecture_et_du_Patrimoine
the Galerie des Moulages existe encore.
but, if this rumor be true, that's quite a loss.
have you heard anything about the extent of the carnage?
c
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