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I am embarassed to admit that I can solve the mystery of the monkey and
the skull.  It is a small statue, about 15 inches high, of a chimp
sitting on a stack of books (including one titled "Darwin").  The chimp is
holding a human skull.  The statue is made out of plaster and covered in
bronze colored paint.  On the back it is signed by M. Lucci.  This item
definitely qualifies as kitsch rather than art.

I happen to own a beat up version of this minor masterpiece, having won it
as a booby prize at last year's holiday party.  Call me lucky!

Kay Logan-Peters
Architecture Librarian
University of Nebraska-Lincoln



On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Marjorie Chenoweth wrote:

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> Doralynn Pines wrote:
> >
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> > I, too, remembering seeing this image as a painting, not a sculpture.  I've
> > looked through a few books in my home library, but couldn't find it.  I sugg
> > you look at H.W. Janson's APES AND APE LORE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE
> > RENAISSANCE, London, 1952.  It should be there.
> >
> > Doralynn Pines
> > The Metropolitan Museum of Art
> > New York, NY 10028
>
>
> There is a sculpture -- a bit of kitsch that goes back to the mid 60's
> at least.  The monkey, holding a human skull, is sitting on a stack of
> books
>  that includes Darwin.  I don't have any idea who the sculptor was, but
> I'd look in books on kitsch rather than Medieval art.  It may have been
> a take-off on something earlier, however.
>
> Marjorie Chenoweth
> Library Director
> Maryland Institute, College of Art
>