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August 7, 1986

Willem de Kooning, Zurich, (1947), Oil and enamel on paper mounted on fiberboard 36 x 24 1/8 in. (91.4 x 61.3 cm) The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

“Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest” opens at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The exhibition, which features about 80 paintings and sculptures and 70 works on paper, stems from the acquisition early in 1986 of more than 5,000 additional artworks collected by Hirshhorn.

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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.