Word: exhibitable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to MFA press material, the most popular exhibit to come to the Museum to date was "Pompeii, A.D. 79," which attracted 432,000 visitors...
Boston will be the only American showing of the exhibit. Already, over 138,000 tickets have been sold...
...paintings in this exhibit were garnered from 38 museums and 19 private collections, according to the exhibit's organizers. The most generous lenders include Paris' Musee d'Orsay (Galerie du Jeu de Paume), which offered 10, and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., which offered seven. The MFA has also contributed seven works, including "Flowers in a Vase" and "Dance at Bougival...
Harvard's Fogg Museum lent one of its most important Renoirs, "Seated Bather," to the exhibit. According to Carrie Jones, the Fogg's assistant director for curatorial affairs, the Museum was reluctant to lend such an important piece during their own remodeling. But, she added, "it was very important for them to have a large late period Renoir...
...People enjoy his [Renoir's] work because it portrays the pleasures of life without delving into their troubles," said Jones. "Ultimately, we felt the exhibit is an important...