New York Met Stands By 'Overtly Sexual' 1938 Painting That Sparked Online Petition

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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has refused to remove a 1938 painting by the artist known as Balthus that depicts a young girl in what some are saying is a sexually suggestive pose.  Matt Yurus reports.

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