Musée Rodin could be forced to release 3D scans of bronze sculptures—including The Thinker—to the public
Rodin's The Thinker in the gardens of the musée Rodin © Agence photographique du musée Rodin; Jerome Manoukian A legal case in Paris could force the Musée Rodin to release its 3D scans of Auguste Rodin’s sculptures and make them available to the public. The museum fears this could undermine its financial model, which partly relies on producing original editions of bronzes. Cosmo Wenman, an American fabrication consultant and open-access activist, submitted his request for the scans to the Paris administrative court over a year ago. A court date is still far off. ...
Source: theartnewspaper.com