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Today in Smithsonian History: August 7, 1986

Joseph Hirshhorn stands in front of Auguste Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais" at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. (Photographer unknown)

Joseph Hirshhorn stands in front of Auguste Rodin’s “The Burghers of Calais” at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. (Photographer unknown)

August 7, 1986 “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 recent acquisition (early 1986) of over 5,000 additional artworks from Hirshhorn’s collection. The exhibition will run through Nov. 16.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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