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ERIC Number: EJ362462
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Painting's Auction Seen as Signal of Art-Gift Slump.
McMillen, Liz
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n11 pA31-32 Nov 11 1987
Sharply reduced tax benefits of some gifts of appreciated property, especially works of art, have college officials worried that their collections at campus museums and galleries will suffer. John Whitney Payson's decision to sell Van Gogh's "Irises," on loan to Westbrook College, is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Art, Colleges, Donors, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Museums, Painting (Visual Arts), Private Financial Support, Tax Deductions, Taxes, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Auctions; Van Gogh (Vincent); Westbrook College ME