‘Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro)’ by Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741- 1827), oil on canvas, 1819. Purchased with the gifts (by exchange) of R. Wistar Harvey, Mrs. T. Charlton Henry, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stogdell Stokes, Elise Robinson Paumgarten from the Sallie Crozer Hilprecht Collection, Lucie Washington Mitcheson in memory of Robert Stockton Johnson Mitcheson for the Robert Stockton Johnson Mitcheson Collection, R. Nelson Buckley, the estate of Rictavia Schiff, and the McNeil Acquisition Fund for American Art and Material Culture, 2011
PHILADELPHIA – In conjunction with a long-awaited and soon-to-be-completed interior expansion and renovation by Frank Gehry called the “Core Project,” the museum will inaugurate new galleries with installations that spotlight creativity in Philadelphia, including a fresh and inclusive rethinking of early American art and an exhibition dedicated to contemporary voices that address urgent issues of today.
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