Word: cafritz
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George Shultz has long argued that the U.S. Secretary of State needs a large and secure home where he can entertain visiting dignitaries. Last week his wish came a step closer to fulfillment when it was disclosed that philanthropist Gwendolyn Cafritz posthumously donated her landmark mansion to become the Secretary's official residence. Cafritz, a Washington socialite who died Nov. 29 at age 78, set aside money from her estate to restore and maintain the $9 million mansion before turning it over to the Government...
...essential sources of modern art: from its prototypes eventually came the measured sense of "luxury, calm and pleasure" that was one of the marks of the School of Paris. The Pastoral Landscape is, among other things, an homage to this idea, and its excellent catalog essays by Robert Cafritz, Lawrence Gowing and David Rosand all bear the theme in mind. Gowing, for instance, believes "the whole pastoral tradition from Bellini to ((Milton)) Avery is simultaneously active in the current understanding of painting...