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November 29, 1972

People in the Sun, Edward Hopper, 1960

“Modern American Art” opens at the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The special installation contains some 50 contemporary paintings and sculptures, including part of the S. C. Johnson collection.

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Posted: 29 November 2010
About the Author:

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.