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Show ART COLLECTION GI VEX TO V. The largest and most valuable art collection that has eveir been owned own-ed by a Utah institution has. just 1-ieen presented to the art department of (the University of Utah. It consists con-sists of ninol.ysix pieces of art Including In-cluding oil-paintings, drawings, ipaste and .water-coliQira. The painlin.gs have been made by artiets of Italy, France, Russia, Holland, Hol-land, England, Germany and America Amer-ica (luring the past forty-six years and a.inon,g them are some of the world-fainous painters. Professor .1. T. Harwood. head of the art de-pn. de-pn. itment of tihe University, is reluc ' lai.'t in stating any sum of money as the value of this collection as he rl-e-siir.i to look upon them rathelr from 1 heir worth as works of ant. It Is RMimated, however that the minimum mini-mum value of the paintings is twenty thousand dollars with a possible ma- inau.n of a hundred thou-jand dollars. I This collection of paintings has Taken the original ownp,r a lifetime to collect, When he made the igift to the University he asked that his . name be not made public. j n.'ofes.sor Harwood considers this 'collection of much greater value even 'lhat the entire Utah Art Collection ' which has been on display in .past years at the Universily. |