tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369527.post114658308620388921..comments2023-09-22T02:55:23.209-05:00Comments on ART OR IDIOCY?: Little ComfortThe Artist Extraordinairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02290864849176199041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369527.post-1146595296148234692006-05-02T13:41:00.000-05:002006-05-02T13:41:00.000-05:00> This quite probably will go down as the greatest...<I>> This quite probably will go down as the greatest loss of art to theft in history. There is the early Lucien Freud portrait of Francis Bacon, which has never been recovered as well. But just about all the historic cases popping up these days, the long forgotten ones that are now case closed, none involve such immediately recognizable images. And none involve such an audacious daytime raids.</I><BR/><BR/>However recognizable the images, however daring the raid and however stupid the reasons for their destruction (and their theft in the first place), at least we can take <I>some</I> comfort in the fact that there remain multiple extant copies of each by Munch's own hand (3 of <I>The Scream</I> and 4 of the <I>Madonna</I>).<BR/><BR/>Of course I don't know what the relative quality of each is, but...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828515907435141006noreply@blogger.com