Practice question · True or false
A cast bronze from a reusable mould is autographic in the same strict sense as a carved marble.
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- Ask whether more than one authentic version can exist.
- Several casts from one mould can be equally the work.
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False
Why
False. A carved marble is autographic strictly: the object's history of production is part of the work, and a copy is a forgery. Several bronzes from one mould can be equally authentic, so "the original" becomes a question about authorisation rather than about matter, which puts the bronze much closer to the allographic side.
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