Dictionary definition: ‘lost sculptures'

Article: Mystery of lost sculptures may never be figured ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 28, 1998 ;     665 words ...An academic who turned detective to map Birmingham's street sculptures fears some of the city's stolen heritage will never be recovered. Prof George Noszlopy, of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, embarked on a 15-year mission to document civic art treasures. The result was Public

Article: Acropolis Museum accents lost sculptures
The Boston Globe;  June 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ...ATHENS - Greece opens its long-anticipated new Acropolis Museum today, boosting its decades-old campaign for the return of 2,500- year-old sculptures removed from the ancient citadel by a 19th- century British diplomat. After years of delays and legal wrangling, the museum opens its doors to the

Article: Texas: BEST OF THE WEST
Southwest Art;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... pieces he did purely for his own personal enjoyment. This national touring exhibition also includes newly discovered "Lost Sculptures," three-dimensional creatures Seuss made from horns and beaks and shaving brushes. William Dreyer, who curated ...

Article: Liliana Maresca
Artforum;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... through the metaphor of artist as merchandise. Many of Maresca's more intimate works have until now been considered lost: sculptures (twisted tree branches on brass stands), crayon drawings (mostly simple faces), and poems both moving and confessional ...

Dictionary definition: Andre, Carl
A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art;      572 words ... ... the Netherlands, a work by him was mistaken for rubbish and cleared away by a park attendant. The term ‘Lost Sculptures’ (on the analogy of ‘found objects'—see OBJET TROUVÉ ) has been applied ...

Article: Liliana Maresca: CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA.(Critical essay)
Artforum International;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... through the metaphor of artist as merchandise. Many of Maresca's more intimate works have until now been considered lost: sculptures (twisted tree branches on brass stands), crayon drawings (mostly simple faces), and poems both moving and confessional ...

Article: Obituary: Terence Hodgkinson
The Independent - London;  October 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... connoisseurial flair that led to the museum's acquisition of two spectacular marble groups which he recognised as two of the lost sculptures carved by Antonio Corradini for the gardens in Dresden. For many years he retained an 1848 English sale catalogue ...