Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, This is true, at least on the sense to respect the last volontee of the artist, on this case, Picasso. Cheers Lluis El 04/01/2010, a las 3:59, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > You Spanish guys are lucky - after all, most museums of the West are > full of stolen loot from the "lesser countries", either as spoils of > war (British Museum, Louvre, etc) or purchased on the black market a > few decades ago (most US museums and major collectors) which they > refuse to return... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >> This is still more exact, thanks for the information. Yes, as far >> as I know >> the MOMA was initially reluctant but after they have fully >> cooperated, I >> think remember that the King of Spain has been too one of the >> decisive >> persons on the negotiation. >> >> As Spanish and citizen of the world I modestly think that we can be >> very >> proud of this fact. >> >> Saludos >> Lluis >> >> >> El 03/01/2010, a las 23:15, H. Ball Arche escribi?: >> >>> "Picasso's "Guernica" was on display at New York's Museum of >>> Modern Artfor >>> a number of years. It occupied a solo room near the wall sized >>> mural of Monet's "Water Lillies." You could go from wartime chaos to >>> tranquility in a few steps. Picasso refused to have Guernica hung >>> in >>> Fascist Spain during WW2. I believe it was returned after his >>> death." >>> >>> >>>> From Wiki: >>> >>> As early as 1968, Franco had expressed an interest in having >>> Guernica >>> return to Spain.[1] However, Picasso refused to allow this until >>> the Spanish >>> people again enjoyed a republic. He later added other conditions, >>> such as >>> the restoration of "public liberties and democratic institutions". >>> Picasso >>> died in 1973. Franco, ten years Picasso's junior, died two years >>> later, in >>> 1975. After Franco's death, Spain was transformed into a democratic >>> constitutional monarchy, ratified by a new constitution in 1978. >>> However, >>> MOMA was reluctant to give up one of their greatest treasures and >>> argued >>> that a constitutional monarchy did not represent the republic that >>> had been >>> stipulated in Picasso's will as a condition for the painting's >>> return. Under >>> great pressure from a number of observers, MOMA finally ceded the >>> painting >>> to Spain in 1981. The Spanish historian Javier Tusell was one of the >>> negotiators. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> >>> To: lug at leica-users.org >>> Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 3:11:50 PM >>> Subject: [Leica] A grab bag of comments >>> >>> A grab bag of comments about recent LUG posts. >>> >>> Mark, >>> It would be tough to use the Graflex for photographing carrier >>> landings if it was anything like the one I used in the early '50s. >>> Disregarding the fact that you had to reverse your concept of left >>> and >>> right, it took about half a second for the mirror to flip up and the >>> shutter to move across the film opening when taking a picture. And >>> if >>> you didn't have a lens with an auto diaphragm, it took longer. In >>> that >>> time the plane would have traveled almost 200 feet. The few sports >>> photographers who used Graflex cameras to film baseball complained >>> that they had to release the shutter before the pitcher threw the >>> ball >>> to get a shot of the batter swinging (or not). >>> >>> Lluis, >>> Picasso's "Guernica" was on display at New York's Museum of Modern >>> Art >>> for a number of years. It occupied a solo room near the wall sized >>> mural of Monet's "Water Lillies." You could go from wartime chaos to >>> tranquility in a few steps. Picasso refused to have Guernica hung >>> in >>> Fascist Spain during WW2. I believe it was returned after his death. >>> >>> Tina, >>> I think my blood would boil at 13,000 feet. About ten years ago my >>> wife and I contemplated a hut to hut X-C ski trip on the 10th >>> Mountain >>> Division trail in Colorado. Her brother was a member of that >>> division >>> and she always considered herself a better skier. We chickened out >>> when we discovered that all the huts were above 11,000 feet and you >>> had to ski the trail carrying 50 pounds of supplies. Although we >>> might >>> have tried if you were standing beside the trail handing out little >>> bags of candies. >>> >>> A belated Happy New Year to everyone. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information