To: presidio9
I saw it last summer. It's in a sealed case and crowds are kept a couple of feet away behind a railing.
Given the age of the piece, the age of the building it's in, the variability of the atmosphere in Paris, etc., the painting is in pretty good shape.
4 posted on
04/26/2004 10:28:29 AM PDT by
NativeNewYorker
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Given the age of the piece, the age of the building it's in, the variability of the atmosphere in Paris, etc., the painting is in pretty good shape.I saw it a week ago Sunday. They don't even have a light on it - I could hardly see the darn thing.
27 posted on
04/26/2004 10:48:26 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: NativeNewYorker
Last time I saw it was in 1996. It was not in a sealed case then, as I recall, but there was a sign that, in several languages, stated that no flash photography was allowed... while all around were tourists snapping flash photos.
To: NativeNewYorker
When I was 15, I snuck a picture of it. Security tried to scold me, but it was too late. Despite the glass partition, the photo came out OK.
68 posted on
04/26/2004 12:14:58 PM PDT by
Clemenza
("Knowledge is Good" --- Emil Faber, Founder of Faber College)
To: NativeNewYorker
Were you surprised at how SMALL it was? I sure was.
The sealed case is probably why it's deteriorating!
100 posted on
04/26/2004 3:15:08 PM PDT by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: NativeNewYorker
"Given the ... variability of the atmosphere in Paris ... the painting is in pretty good shape." Imagine the effects of the smoke from all those Gauloises cigarettes..., yuck.
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106 posted on
04/26/2004 3:43:11 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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