Sentences with phrase «augmented by the donation»

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with a founding art collection from Andrew W. Mellon, augmented by donations from Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, and Joseph E. Widener, the National Gallery now has one of the finest collections of Western painting and sculpture in the world.

The decorative arts collection was substantially augmented by the donation in 1986 of the Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection of American Furniture, comprising American furniture from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the Hoblitzelle Foundation's donation in 1987 of a 550 - piece collection of British silver that features outstanding works by such eighteenth - century silversmiths as Paul Lamerie.

Over the next 150 years, the Basel Kunstmuseum collection was augmented by donations from a variety of municipal and private donors.

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Not including this latest donation, the foundation currently has an endowment of $ 40.3 billion — augmented in no small part by a $ 36.1 billion donation made by Buffett in 2006.

«From Thornton Dial's magisterial constructions to the emblematic compositions by the Gee's Bend quilters from the 1930s onwards, this extraordinary group of works contributes immeasurably to the Museum's representation of works by contemporary American artists and augments on a historic scale its holdings of contemporary art,» said Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum, in a press release announcing the donation.

Donations made by such members towards the National Poverty Eradication Fund or to augment statistical / social / scientific research qualify for tax benefits.