Chasing Aphrodite (52 page)

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Flying to Rome:
This account of the negotiations is based on interviews with Li, Hartwig, Brand, Fiorilli, and Sensi.

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In a written statement:
True's October 17, 2006, statement to Ferri.

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Ushered into:
This account is based on interviews with Li, Hartwig, Brand, Fiorilli, Rutelli, and Sensi.

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In early 2007:
This account is based on interviews with Michael Brand, Max Anderson, and another museum director present at the meeting.

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Podany was heading:
This account of Podany's visit to see Canavesi's photos is based on interviews with Podany and another person present at the meeting.

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Thumbing for dramatic effect:
Interview with Filippo Sensi. Francesco Rutelli made the threat twice, in Rome and in Fano, where the Getty Bronze was first brought onto land.
It could always be:
Interview with Maurizio Fiorilli and confirmed by Rutelli.
Fiorilli later denied that he had engineered the court complaint.

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Fiorilli dropped:
Interview with Ron Hartwig.

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a former mentor:
In the authors' interview with Hicham Aboutaam, he recalled visiting Medici's warehouse as a child.

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I expect that":
"Italy's Rutelli Expects to Reclaim 'Hundreds of Other Works'; Shelby White's Returns to Be Exhibited,"
ArtsJournal,
March 27, 2008,
http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2008/03/rutelli_expects_to_reclaim_hun.html
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"Ours is not": From Rutelli's remarks at Nostoi opening, quoted in "Rutelli Deploys Universal Museum-ists' Own Rhetoric Against Them,"
http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2007/12/rutelli_deploys_universal_muse.html.

PHOTO CREDITS

J. PAUL GETTY:
AP photo/Levy.
GETTY VILLA:
Stephen Osman. Copyright © 1982–2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
JIRI FREL:
Martha Hartnett. Copyright © 1982–2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
GETTY BRONZE:
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California.
KOUROS:
Courtesy of the authors.
JOHN WALSH:
Brian Gadbury. Copyright © 1982–2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
MARION TRUE, MALIBU:
Iris Schneider. Copyright © 1982ndash;2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
APHRODITE:
Luis Sinco. Copyright © 1982–2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
GRIFFINS, GIACOMO MEDICI, GRIFFINS EVIDENCE, APOLLO, APOLLO EVIDENCE:
Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
WREATH:
Courtesy of the authors.
BARBARA AND LAWRENCE FLEISCHMAN:
Elena Seibert.
DEBORAH GRIBBON:
Lawrence K. Ho. Copyright © 1982–2007 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with Permission.
PAOLO FERRI:
Courtesy of Gerasimos Domenikos.
MARION TRUE, ROME:
AFP Photo/Andreas Solaro.

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