New York Public Library to Sell Major Artworks to Raise Funds
The New York Times 11 apr ’05, by Carol Vogel]

The New York Public Library has decided to sell 19 works of art from its collection – including “Kindred Spirits,” a widely admired landscape by the Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand, and two seminal portraits of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart – so that it can better compete in acquisitions of important books and collections.

[Thanks Jessamyn]