The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colby College Gets Gift of Art Valued at More Than $100-Million

By ERIN STROUT

The Colby College Museum of Art will receive a collection of American art valued at more than $100-million, college officials announced on Friday.

The trove includes 201 etchings and lithographs by James McNeill Whistler, making it the largest single Whistler collection given to an academic museum.

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