Word: cornillon
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Cornillon, a Paris art dealer, who asserts that another dealer perpetrated the frauds charged, exclaimed : " I don't care about private collectors. Modern work or a copy of the ancient piece may be more interesting or more beautiful than the authentic ancient one, and if the private collector wants such pieces it is his privilege. I may like to wear my hat backward; that is my privilege. What I object to is that future American artists should have put before them false representations of our art. The museum is sacred." As for the man who committed the supposed frauds...
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