Show Art To o oThe The People One of the nations nation's great art collections has just been given to a major art museum thereby thereby thereby there there- by making every American a little bit richer in the field THE COLLECTION that of the late Herbert Lehman an investment banker has been given to the Metropolitan Museum Museum Museum Mu Mu- seum of Art in New York The director of the museum describes describes describes de de- de- de scribes the gift as the largest and most spectacular in the museums museum's history Others have compared the Lehman collection in scope with the Mellon and Widener collections now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington The Lehman collection comprises comprises comprises com com- about objects dating dating dating dat dat- ing from the century end nd includes some of the great paintings of Western Europe It also includes drawings bronzes tapestries ceramics furniture jewelry and other objects of West European art IN A SENSE the gift of this collection valued as high as million is a gift to the American people for those who wish to enjoy the collection will be able to do so at the museum and relatively few would have enjoyed such an opportunity otherwise |