European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 8, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 Frederick Huit Ullh photos in visit and the Buich stucco Ufim discovered in a Swiss collection . Art experts will get look at possible Michelangelo work Boston a i an Art expert who proclaimed an eight Inch stucco Torso to be a lost work by Michelangelo says other scholars May soon get a Chance to judge whether the finely older figure i junk or was done in preparation for the classic statue of David. Frederick Hant. In Boston last week for a lecture on the Torso said arrange ments Are being made to bring ii to the United slates. The Torso has remained shrouded in mystery in a Swiss Hank vault since Hart sent a sensation through the Art world Lasi March by unveiling the piece. A professor emeritus of the univer sity of Virginia Ham 7is an author Ity on the Renaissance and has pub life had several Workon Michelangelo. It s got to be a copy it can t be thereal thing Hartt Saiu describing his first reaction when he saw a photo graph of inc Torso in May l s6, but the More he mud Ltd the figure the More he fell he was looking at the remainder of a Siudy Michelangelo is Michelangelo said to have executed prior to sculpt ing the 14-foot Marble statue from i sol to 1504. The Torso matches the Marble David in its Posl Urc weight on right leg and like the statue the Sling with which the biblical David slew Goliath rests Over his shoulder. Bui after 20 months of research the key Factor for Ham lies in the differences Between the Torso and the statue. Hant concludes Ilia those differences Rule out the possibility of a copy. Rather he argues they match the Crea Tive process Michelangelo exhibited in sketches for the sistine Chapel in Rome. The studies Are detailed and realistic while his final works become somewhat Mare idealized other Art historians Hove withheld judgement until they see the Torso. The Marble statue in the i Alluria Dell Academia in Florence Italy is among the world s most famous masterpieces. If Kant s claim is confirmed historians say ii won t be done lightly. People like me Are going to be sceptical anyway said professor John Shearman Harvard University s ital Ian Renaissance scholar. Nobody has seen it. Everyone will hold  Hartt acknowledges the difficulty of identifying in artwork but contends " Ric Art historians Are just afraid to is ick their Bloom ing necks  citizens protest planned Portland Ore