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Truman Sees Profits in Scrambled Egg Art Sale
President Truman highlights a government sale of 79 oil paintings and 38 watercolors from the State Department collection as War Assets Administration handles bids through June 18 in New York. The works, including Kuniyoshi and Sheeler pieces, drew congressional criticism over modern art values.
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Frederic C. Othman
Washington
Truman
State Department
New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
War Assets Administration
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Charles Sheier
Boneard
Walt Kuhn
Sam
Congress
Gregorio Prestopino
Loren Maciver
Abraham Rattner
George Marshall
Jess Larson
God
House Appropriations Committee
War Assets
Kuniyoshi
Sheeler
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