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Fogg Sells Out Copies Of Miro Mural; Some Attribute to Crimson

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Fogg Art Museum announced yesterday that it had sold all its prints of the Miro Mural. Officials agreed that the 2 copies went in a surprisingly short time.

Some authorities have attributed the rapidity of the sales to an article that appeared in the CRIMSON on October 2 This article discussed the reactions graduate students to the huge mural which graces their dining hall. Many considered the work obscene, finding sexual symbols it it. Shortly after the article was published. Fogg reports that it was besieged with requests for the print.

To date, the Museum has been unable to replace the prints. The Paris firm that originally published them has sold all of its copies and destroyed the plate.

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