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Abundance of Riches

Record #:
4946
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Abstract:
In 1950, the North Carolina General Assembly in a controversial move appropriated $1 million to make possible the purchase of the founding Kress Collection for the North Carolina Museum of Art. Today the museum's holdings number over 5,000 masterworks valued at over $1 billion.
Source:
Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 1 Issue 7, Sept 2000, p12-14, il