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RENOIR'S "VENUS VICTORIEUSE" HAS FINALLY COME OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SALE OF THE REJECTED MAIDEN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I FOR ONE AM MOST HAPPY THAT THE OLD GIRL HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO LOVES...
...sunbonneted frontierswoman they had envisioned. Said a Salem housewife: "I would have a difficult time explaining to my young children why we would have a heathen goddess on our courthouse lawn and why she doesn't wear clothes." Result: the committee responsible for the selection withdrew their Venus before she even got to town...
...member of this committee was Thomas Colt, director of the Portland Art Museum. He hoped-as TIME reported-that "some patron would buy Salem's scorned Venus for Portland's museum, where...her rich beauty would be appreciated...
...soon as he read the TIME article, Carter phoned Colt offering to buy the rebuffed Venus for the same price ($18,000) that the Salem committee had agreed to pay. And he proposed to lend her to the Portland Art Museum...
...statue arrived for dedication ceremonies last week, and Venus may now be seen in a place of honor among the prized sculptures of the Portland Art Museum...