The Crying Boy Vintage Reproduction On Wood Board Kitsch For Sale

\"The Crying Boy\" by Giovanni Bragolin. These prints are rumored to be haunted. In the 1980\'s, urban legend has it that there were supposedly a number of house fires in the UK that contained this photo and it is said that the only thing remaining unscathed among the ashes was The Crying Boy artwork. A tabloid in Britain held mass burnings of these prints that were sent in to them as a result of the story they printed based off of a firefighter\'s alleged experience. Urban legend also has it that this series of paintings of crying children were done by the artist of children from an orphanage that later burned down but that has not been proven. In 2010, the stories of the haunted painting were investigated an a BBC show done proving that it is more likely that the think flame resistant varnish on the prints that was put on thickly helped the prints survive. They also were usually hung by a string on the wall, which would burn first during a fire, causing the picture to fall facedown on the ground helping to protect the artwork. Which do you think? Haunted or just protected by the varnish? I think that this image is hauntingly beautiful. It balances heartbreak and beauty in one photo leaving the viewer balancing on a precipice between being in awe of the talent of the artist and the beauty of the child or falling along into the depths of sorrow this child was feeling.This is a reproduction likely from the 60\'s-70\'s. see pictures for imperfections in three spots.