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Artwork worth $100 million lost in WTC

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    Artwork worth $100 million lost in attacks

    Los Angeles Times

    About $100 million worth of art was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. The only major survivors are Alexander Calder's 25-foot-tall steel sculpture Bent Propeller and Fritz Koenig's bronze sculpture Sphere.

    Some of the significant artworks that were lost include:

    · World Trade Center by Joan Miro, wool and hemp tapestry
    · Sky Gate New York by Louise Nevelson, wood carving
    · Dozens of bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin
    · A painting from the Entablature series by Roy Lichtenstein
    · Ideogram by James Rosati, stainless steel sculpture
    · The World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture by Masyuke Nagare, granite, concrete and steel sculpture
    · Nature Morte by Le Corbusier, Aubusson tapestry

    Sources: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Los Angeles Times research
     

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