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On display in the Library:
James II: Recent works on paper by James Wechsler
September 12 through
October 17, 2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Victor Building
Room 2100
750 9th St., NW
Washington, DC

Image above right:
James Wechsler
Freedom of Information: Alice Neel, 2.45, 2006
Acrylic and ink on paper
39" x 28 ½

Acquisitions news:
SAAM/NPG library is pleased to receive “The Chicano Collection : a school of American painting” a generous gift from the publisher, Modern Multiples. This portfolio brings together limited-edition giclée prints of original artwork in the private collection of Cheech Marin, along with essays, a catalog and a DVD. See http://www.thechicanocolletion.net for more information about the reproductions.