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Permanent Baby Head Situation

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Geoff Edgers June 16, 2008 04:23 PM

Good news for fans of giant baby heads. Gail and Ernst von Metzsch have donated the money to allow the Museum of Fine Arts to acquire the bronze sculptures created by Antonio Lopez Garcia. The heads, which are 8 feet tall and weigh 1.6 tons each, have been moved to the Fenway side of the museum in anticipation of this week's opening of the State Street Corporation doors.

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I hope the baby heads are treated better than the giant baby (now at the DeCordova?) was when it was outside the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. That poor giant baby was regularly abused.

Posted by Ingrid June 17, 08 11:46 AM

I personally felt the baby heads were one of the weaker things about the exhibit. I hope somebody will put up some funds to purchase a few of Lopez Garcia's gorgeous paintings or drawings!

Posted by Thomas Garvey June 17, 08 04:27 PM

My daughter lives near the Museum of Fine Arts & knew I would love the baby heads; she took me to see them when I visited her last week. But (on a commercial note) where are the baby head postcards? earrings? paper weights?

Posted by marlys waters October 26, 08 11:32 PM