Philly faces loss of 1875 painting
Leaders in Philadelphia’s art, business and political communities are scrambling to raise $68 million in six weeks so a treasured Thomas Eakins masterwork will not leave town.
Officials acknowledge that matching the record-setting sum for the lifelong Philadelphian’s 1875 painting, “The Gross Clinic,” will be a challenge.
Under a deal announced Saturday, “The Gross Clinic” will be sold by its owner, Thomas Jefferson University, to a partnership of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and a museum in Arkansas being built by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton.
The university gave local institutions until Dec. 26 to come up with a matching offer.
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