Philly Finally Coughs Up $68 Million For The Gross Clinic Even Though The One With The Photoshopped John Street Face Is Still Totally Free
We had stopped checking the mail altogether in the hopes that the $68 million dollar check would show up for Philly to keep “The Gross Clinic”, the legendary Thomas Eakins painting that Jefferson University so dickishly held for ransom last year. Both the Philadelphia Museum Of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have been wracking their brains for a while now, and finally came up with a logical, if not awful, way to get the Eakins painting back: Sell other Eakins paintings. So say goodbye to Eakins’ “The Cello Player,” from PAFA, as well as “Cowboy Singing,” and two sketches that go with it, from PMA. After the jump, we take one final longing glance at “Cowboy Singing,” Brokeback Mountain-style.
Aww, man. Now, that just ain’t right. We’ve said it before, Jeff U, and we’ll say it again. You may be doctors, but you fuckers are like school in the summertime: No class.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I’m glad they’ve been able to keep the Gross Clinic here, but I’m kind of bummed that this was what we had to do to keep it. I’ve never even seen “Cowboy Singing” at the Museum before, but I now want a print of that for my place.
And, yes, fuck Jefferson for selling out our culture.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
>>We had stopped checking the mail altogether in the hopes that the $68 million dollar check for Philly to keep “The Gross Clinic”, the legendary Thomas Eakins painting that Jefferson University so dickishly held for ransom last year.
This sentence is missing something. In hopes what? Proofread a bit more…
April 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Bummer. The Cello Player is an amazing painting. One of the closest things I’ve seen to a painting of music.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Am I the only one who is bored to tears by Eakins?
April 24th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Seriously pedestrian, Jeff. Seriously.