Chapter 153 USPS Customs' Ignorance of Artwork

USPS Customs' Ignorance of Artwork According to a cable from New York, USA, published yesterday in the newspapers, commissioners of the U.S. Postal Service confiscated There are 2,000 postcards of the masterpiece oil painting "Nude Lady" by the famous Spanish painter Goyer, who think it is obscene s things. The so-called Goyer's masterpiece "Naked Lady" is probably Goyer's two famous "Maya" paintings. One of the portraits, the two portraits, one titled "Mayet Dressed" and the other "Mayet Naked" yeah".The one which the United States Postal Service Commissioner considered obscene and confiscated apparently refers to the reproduction of the latter.

This is not the first time that Goyer's "Naked Maye" has encountered problems in the United States. Thirty years ago, the Spanish government commemorated the 100th anniversary of the death of the great painter (Goyer died in 1828), issued a batch of commemorative stamps, which are large, one of which is It is printed on this "Nude Maye".When someone sends a letter from Spain to the United States with this stamp, Thirty years ago the U.S. Postal Service authorities, as now, objected.But then the international postal service rule, they have no right to prohibit the Spaniards from posting letters to the United States with such stamps, and cannot refuse to press

address on behalf of delivery.So I had to resort to the passive method of canceling this kind of stamp with a special large postmark. make it blurry. Later, in 1930, a businessman in New York opened a shop specializing in replicas of famous paintings. In the shop, some nudes are displayed in the window, including Rembrandt's "Bassheba", which is his Nude portrait of his mistress after bath (now in the Louvre Palace, Paris), as well as Goyer's "Mayet Nude", He was sued by the "Moral Maintenance Association" in the United States, saying that the painting shop blatantly "displayed obscene pictures" in the window.

Later, when this accusation was tried in the lower court, the "Moral Maintenance Association" lost the case. Mao, the owner of the painting shop, Fei then sued Somner, the host of the "Moral Maintenance Association", saying that he "maliciously slandered" and asked him to Reputation damages of 100,000 yuan shall be compensated.Naturally, the lawsuit was later settled. The U.S. Postal Service and Customs are famous for their "Oolong lawsuits" against artworks.one nine three In three years, someone brought a replica of Miguel Langelo's famous mural "The Last Judgment" from Italy to the United States.

China, when imported, was detained by New York Customs.This mural by Renaissance master Miguel Langelo, It is a world-famous masterpiece of art, and it is painted in a small church in Vatican City, the holy place of Catholicism on the altar.Because of the paintings of Jesus, prophets and saints, and sinners who fell into hell, it is almost Most of them are naked.The U.S. customs actually called him a "pornographic painting" and detained and confiscated it when it was imported. And it was stated on the notice of detention that this was painted by Michael Langelo on the wall of the Sistine Chapel.passenger when

However, he protested against this absurd punishment.When the newspapers knew about this, they also wrote articles to laugh at it. The church could not remain silent, and the customs had to revoke the detention order in a hurry. However, this This "Oolong" joke has long been "immortal".