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I ask because that is what it will take for the City of Philadelphia to keep the painting "The Gross Clinic" here in the city. The have just 45 days to raise the money. It has been bought from the Jefferson University Trustees by a the National Gallery in DC and an Arkansas Museum that is still being built. OK, so you say big deal, but it is, this picture is a Philadelphia icon (at least in some circles and it should be more of one in other circles but won't be if it goes not only out of the city but out of the state) It is of an early operation at Jefferson University by Thomas Eakins in 1875. I have known about this work since well before I moved here to Philadelphia. As a piece of both artistic ground breaking importance and of medical history. Anyway there is a nice article about it in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. I guess the two things that bother me most are these:
-Though it was nice of the University to give the city and option to meet the asking price they didn't give them any notice to start fundraising but instead did a totally secret deal.

-Though they also have every right to do what they want with their asset in order to make the most of their business it seems very short sighted of them not to see what the piece adds to the history of their institution when we start not valuing our cultural past in relation to bigger, better bottom lines I think we really loose some of the beauty and depth God intended for our lives when he blessed some of us with artistic skills. The article seemed to reflect a total bottom line mentality in the action.

-It is sad that the city will loose a piece that is and could/should be a highlight in the historical depth of the city which is being so heavily relied on to make us a tourist destination and promote our economy.

So I ask, does any body have extra coffee cans we can put in all the WA-WA's and Hoagie shops to keep a piece of our patrimony here in the city?