Hearst and the antique : a larger context for the Hope Hygieia [videorecording] / [lecture by] Mary Levkoff ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Hearst and the antique : a larger context for the Hope Hygieia [videorecording] / [lecture by] Mary Levkoff ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Lecturer Mary Levkoff, curator of European painting and sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), addresses issues of taste and collecting, with a focus on the American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, who owned the Hope Hygieia in the mid-1900s. The re-restoration of the Hope Hygieia at the Getty Villa offered an opportunity to explore the modern history of this ancient statue, from the time it was excavated in 1797 to the present.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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