FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE NUDE IN ART
CANADIAN SUPPRESSION
The following paragraph from the New Zealand Herald of July 3, 1886, is of some interest in view of the present controversy about the Domain statue:—
"The, Montreal authorities have begun a crusade against the nude in art. One of the wealthiest gentlemen in the city will be proceeded against for keeping in his house copies of the Venus of Milo, the Venus del Medici, Canova's Venus, Powers' Greek Slave, the Laocoon and other works."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22461, 3 July 1936, Page 8
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84FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22461, 3 July 1936, Page 8
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