Clevland.com's Apollo: Art museum's global coup

[Phoenix Ancient Art]

Apollo: Art museum's global coup

According to clevland.com:
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1087905303262340.xml

"Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Steven Litt
Plain Dealer Art Critic

The Cleveland Museum of Art has scored an international coup by purchasing
an exceedingly rare ancient bronze sculpture that depicts Apollo, the Greek
god of light, in the act of killing a lizard with an arrow.
"It is by far the most important work of classical sculpture to come to
light and be acquired by a North American art museum since World War II,"
Professor David Mitten of Harvard University said in a statement released by
the museum. ..." <rest of article cut>

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http://www.phoenixancientart.com/contactphoenixancientart.html

[Frappe Boy]

Lets see if greek lobbyists will take on the United States with the
same level of self confidence they display with Britain when they
demand the return of the Parthenon Marbles. Personally I doubt it.
The United States is not as comfortable as "european" England. Of
course nobody will admit this. The justification will be that
Praxitelis' statue is of less value than the Parthenon Marbles
therefore not worth the effort. And thus respectable museums and
black markets of archeological art will continue to strike excellent
deals.