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Under the terms of the new policy though not those of Ms. True's original proposal, it could be acquired.

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Felch and Frammolino tell us that Ms. True's act was a "betrayal" of Bothmer.

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The fundamental weakness of this early effort at transparency is demonstrated by Ms. True's unwise purchase in 1988 of the cult statue of a goddess known as the "Aphrodite of Morgantina," which provides the title of this book.

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Because Ms. True had herself cultivated the collectors, Ms. True's acceptance of the Fleischman collection indicates to Messrs.

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Several pieces were subsequently repatriated by the museum during Ms. True's tenure.

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Yet Ms. True's radical change of course at the Getty came a decade earlier than her indictment and certainly appears to have been motivated by principle.

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Yet it is worth noting that, by forswearing future acquisitions of recently looted work, as the Getty did under Ms. True's leadership, the museum actually did what no other major acquiring museum would do for many years.

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The reporters covered these events, as well as the museum's agreements to repatriate works acquired before and during Ms. True's tenure.

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Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attivit? culturali/Art Resource, NY Ms. True's first strategy was to attempt to justify the acquisition of previously unknown that is, looted antiquities by notifying the possible countries of origin of impending purchases and promising restitution when acquired works could be proved to have been looted.

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Ms. True's original objective in seeking cover from local governments was to establish that the works of art had no known history and thus could safely be acquired for the museum.

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