UI president: We must keep famous Pollock painting

Source: Chicago Tribune Posted By: Nellie D...5059 days ago

University of Iowa President Sally Mason is urging lawmakers to reject the proposed sale of a famous painting that is the centerpiece of the school's art collection.

Mason told lawmakers in a written statement Wednesday donors have been questioning whether their gifts will be protected after the introduction of a bill that would require the school to sell the Jackson Pollock masterpiece titled "Mural."

Mason noted that painting was donated by art dealer Peggy Guggenheim in 1951. She said scholarly....

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