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that has so dramatically enhanced the quality, breadth, and depth of the 䘬㓞啷炻ẍ⍲堐忼⮵姙⣂㋸岰侭䘬デ㽨ᷳ
Metropolitan’s Asian holdings. ね炻䈡⇍㗗㫸暚ằ⃟䘬㋸岰㚜ἧ㛔棐䘬Ṇ
㳚喅埻㓞啷⼿⇘ℐ朊㶙ℍᷳ㍸㖯炻▱よ列
When the Irvings made their gift of nearly 1300 works, they realized that a
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full assessment of the Irving Collection would take time and that there would
䔞㫸暚ằ⃟㋸岰役IJĭĴııẞ䘬喅埻⑩㗪炻Ṿ
undoubtedly be many pieces that would unnecessarily duplicate works
Ᾱシ嬀⇘劍天⮯啷⑩ 㶙ℍ䘬䞼䨞⍲㍊妶
already in the collection. For that reason, they agreed that The Met could
⮯便㗪䓂ᷭ炻ᶼ㚱姙⣂喅埻⑩冯㛔棐啷⑩
sell any of the works in their gift so long as the proceeds would go towards
ㆾ㚱慵央炻䈡㬌⎴シ㛔棐⎗↢ⓖ㋸⑩炻⮯
future acquisitions. The present sale is a fulÞ llment of that visionary goal.
㓞䙲 䁢㛒Ἦ岤啷喅埻⑩➢慹ˤ㬌㫉㉵岋
The proceeds of this sale will go into an Irving acquisition fund to be used
⮯⸓≑㛔棐⮎䎦怈㘗炻Ṇⶆ喅埻悐攨⮯德
by the Department of Asian Art to continue the Irving legacy by seeking out
忶⡆≈㚜⣂棐啷Ἦ⺞临㫸暚ằ⃟䘬㋸岰伶
artworks to further enhance the comprehensive nature of The Met’s Asian
シ炻ẍ忚ᶨ㬍㍸⋯⣏悥㚫⌂䈑棐Ṇ㳚喅埻
art holdings.
⑩䘬⣂⃫⊾ˤ
㬌䭯㔯䪈㗗䓙ijıIJĶ⸜IJIJĮIJij㚰㕤łųŵŴġ Űŧġ łŴŪŢ
This essay has been adapted from what was Þ rst published in the November-December 2015
issue of Arts of Asia, which contained eight articles devoted to the Irving Collection at The ↢䇰䘬⮰㔯㒟⍾㓡䶐侴ㆸ炻㕤⎴㛇暄娴⎎
Met. 㚱ℓ䭯㔯䪈倂䃎⣏悥㚫⌂䈑棐ᷳ㫸暚ằ⃟
㓞啷䲣↿ˤ

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