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Agalmatophilia, or love of a statue, is differentiated from pygmalionism and fetishism. Eighteen examples are cited from classical, clinical, and modern literary sources. The condition, once not too uncommon, is not mentioned in modern works on erotomania and psychiatry. The perversion may have been eliminated from the sexual repertoire of modern man or it may now be more conveniently satisfied by the genius of the plastics industry.