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COM. v. THE BARNES FOUNDATION

398 Pa. 458 (1960)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. The Barnes Foundation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General, with her Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, for appellant.

Victor J. Roberts, with him Benjamin O. Frick, and High, Swartz, Childs & Roberts, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 22, 1960:

The Barnes Foundation in Montgomery County owns and possesses one of the extremely valuable art collections in the country. The paintings, numbering more than a thousand, include works by Renoir, Cezanne, Manet, Degas, Seurat, Rousseau, Picasso, Matisse, Soutine, Modigliani, Pascin, Demuth, Glackens, Rouault and Afro. Among the old masters are works by Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto...

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