At Auction, Two Of Hirshhorn’s Three Eakins Paintings Sell

“The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden gained $461,000 from the sale of two paintings by Thomas Eakins yesterday at a public auction conducted by Christie’s in New York. The museum had placed three works by the 19th-century American artist up for auction to build up cash in its acquisition fund. The third painting, a study for ‘Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Leonard,’ did not sell.”