“EPSTEIN INDECENCIES”
FAMOUS STATUES NOW OWNED
BY NEW ZEALAND!
(U.P.A by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 28, 5.5 p.m.)
LONDON, Sept. 27.
A group of Epstein statues on the British Medical. Association’s building in the Strand, which shocked London twenty-five years ago, and became known as “the Epstein indecencies” but the nakedness of which lias been considerably toned down by London grime, is again in the limelight, The New Zealand Government now owns the . building, which has been marked out;.for demolition.. The British Aledical Association says; ‘Tt is not feasible to make an offer for tlie statues for the.. new building in Tavistock Square because Epstein art would not harmonise with an Elizabethan courtyard.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11323, 29 September 1930, Page 5
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114“EPSTEIN INDECENCIES” Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11323, 29 September 1930, Page 5
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