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A comment on Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s most notorious painting.

Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:12PM (#25457564)
It seems that the head of the painting may have been found (though this is controversial).

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/985...

https://archive.is/rGrXL

There is speculation that this world is part of a larger complete figure that Corbet painted.

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Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by jandrese on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:48PM (#25458031)
I am dubious. Origin of the World has such deliberate composition that it's hard to believe that there used to be another whole panel's worth of content up top. It would ruin the piece.
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