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Etymology and history The word gypsum is derived from the Greek word γύψος gypsos quot chalk quot or quot plaster quot Because the quarries of the Montmartre district of Paris have long furnished burnt gypsum calcined gypsum used

NADELMAN Elie Horse NGA Collection

The plaster Horse has survived as one of the most important works from Nadelman s early period in Paris Its fluent geometry that taut answering of curve and countercurve created as Nadelman claimed for his sculpture a