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Interesting little side story to the Super Bowl.
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA had a bet with the Seattle Art Museum on the Super Bowl. (Note - where Jonathan Kraft went to college) The Clark wagered a loan of Winslow Homer's masterpiece, Prout's Neck, and Seattle offered an over-the-top Bierstadt outdoor fantasy piece. So, New England won, the Clark got to retain its prize Homer, and is now exhibiting the giant Seattle oil painting.
I was in Williamstown this past weekend and saw the painting. Image attached in the link.
There is a nice placard with the story of the wager.
 
Hmm, you now have me plotting how to include Williamstown on my next driving itinerary.

Thanks! It'd be worth the trip.
 
Your avatar, is that Justinian of the Byzantine Empire?
 
very nice
 
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