Sale of painting highlights Phila. museum's woes

"On Thursday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced it had purchased Charles Willson Peale's 1819 oil portrait of Yarrow Mamout, one of the nation's earliest and most significant formal portraits of a free African, from the Atwater Kent.

The sale, which Atwater Kent officials said was necessary to cover a $1.4 million construction loan, has thrown the museum's long-standing problems into sharp relief."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  Philly.com
On:  10/23/11
Website:  http://articles.philly.com

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