Here is today's New York Times article on two sculptural heads being returned to Sicily. Like the famous set of silver pieces that are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these heads are from the Morgantina site, the remains of an ancient Greek colony in Sicily:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=todayspaper
It's important to point out that these two pieces are not only going back to their place of origin, they are going into a museum there where they will be looked after. It's not only American or British museums can properly care for and display archaeological treasures.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Marble sculptures going home
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There are several interesting things to note with this return:
a. These sculptures will be returned to Sicily to be displayed alongside material from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (silver hoard) and the Getty (acrolithic statue).
b. The dealer was Robin Symes.
c. The collector was Maurice Tempelsman - and some of his material is being returned by the Getty to Rome.
See also two blogs on this:
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-virginia-to-sicily-more-returning.html
http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/2007/09/another-repatriation-to-italy.html
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