Word: fogg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late architect Josep Lluis Sen. when left as indelible mark on the Harvard landscape by designing the Science Center. Holyoke Center and other striking area buildings, lately made another type of mark with the donations of 11 paintings by other masters to the Fogg...
...collection, which includes paintings by abstract artists John Miro and Fernand Leger, is now on partial exhibit at the Fogg. Three especially noted works now hand in the Fogg courtyard in Sert's memory...
According to Peter Walsh, public relations and publications officer of the Fogg, the donations make up "one of the most important 20th-century groups the museum owns." He added that the works hold a "special interest" because Sert was personally acquainted with both Leger and Miro...
Because of Harvard's accounting system, in which each institution is considered responsible for its own budget, the Fogg's fiscal status is independent of the University's over-all financial situation...
Although Kate Kimelman registrar at the Stanford Art Museum, called Harvard's move "a shame," representatives of all three galleries agreed that the Fogg's surprise decision was understandable given the museum's financial predicament...