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A full-page Sotheby's ad today indicates that our heritage is now on the auction block. The Public Library could not be more wrong by selling this famous Gilbert Stuart painting, and the estimate of $10 - $15 million underscores how impoverished so many of our important and beloved institutions have become. First Asher Durand's "Kindred Spirits" went, but this November 30 auction further underscores that no piece in the vast collection might be spared from a future auction. One can only hope a great American museum will purchase it. But who knows; perhaps it will wind up in a corporate boardroom. Better go see it at Sotheby's starting November 26 (ironically enough, two days after Thanksgiving); it might well be your last opportunity to see for free this Stuart rendition of the proverbial father of our country.
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asher durand, auction, george washington, kindred spirits, sothebys
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Posted on 11/18/2005
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