Scandalous!!

Reproduction of an original photograph of Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957) and Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962). Prince George is sitting to the right wearing military uniform. Princess Marie is standing beside him to the left with her right hand resting on her hip. She is wearing a pale coloured dress and strings of pearls. There is a wooden wall behind them. The photograph is signed and dated. Prince George of Greece and Denmark was the second son of George I, King of the Hellenes. Princess Marie Bonaparte was a descendant of Emperor Napoleon I, an heiress and a psychoanalyst. They married in 1907.

Identify the TRUE statements about Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962), great grand-niece of Emperor Napoleon:

1.) Was anorgasmic.

2.) Was a psychoanalyst.

3.) Helped advance Sigmund Freud’s ideas.

4.) Paid Freud’s ransom to escape Nazi Germany.

Princess Marie Bonaparte, 1907

5.) Conducted sexual research.

6.) Twice had surgery to relocate her clitoris.

7.) Inherited her money from François Blanc, Monte Carlo’s primary real estate developer.

8.) Bought a collection of Freud’s private letters to a German ENT friend (Ear, Nose, Throat doctor) because his widow could not afford them, in which he detailed his own cocaine addiction, refused his request to destroy them, and later had them published.

“Princess X,” 1916, by Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) is part of the permanent display collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

9.) Modeled for a sculpture of her which resembled a penis.