$100-million trove goes to Maine college
From the Associated Press
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, is to receive a private art collection valued at $100 million that includes works by such greats as Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keeffe.
The 500 paintings, prints and sculptures from Colby supporters Peter H. and Paula Crane Lunder represents one of the most important collections of American art ever to be donated to a liberal arts college, said Colby President William D. Adams.
The 24,000-square-foot Colby Museum of Art, which was founded in 1959 and features a collection of more than 5,500 works focusing on American and contemporary art, will undergo an expansion to accommodate the gift from the Lunders.