Friday, December 22, 2006

Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/22/2006 | 'Gross Clinic' to stay in city

Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/22/2006 | 'Gross Clinic' to stay in city: "Gross Clinic' to stay in city
By Stephan Salisbury
Inquirer Culture Writer
Three people at yesterday's announcement who played roles in keeping the painting here: Hugh Long, CEO for Wachovia's MidAtlantic Banking Group; Anne d'Harnoncourt, (center), director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Rebecca Rimel, president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trust.
Michael Bryant / Inquirer
Three people at yesterday's announcement who played roles in keeping the painting here: Hugh Long, CEO for Wachovia's MidAtlantic Banking Group; Anne d'Harnoncourt, (center), director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Rebecca Rimel, president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trust.

Capping as wild a fund-raising ride as this city has ever seen, Mayor Street gleefully announced yesterday that Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic had been purchased by local institutions and would remain in Philadelphia."

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