How do works of art enter the Brooklyn Museums collections?
The Museum’s collections have been built over the years by means of gifts and purchases of individual objects and, sometimes, of whole collections. Trustees and curators have eagerly sought certain objects, such as the Museum’s collections of watercolors by John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer. An object might be purchased to fill a gap in the collection, to better explain the evolution of another object, or to document another phase of an artist’s career. An object might also be acquired, rather than borrowed, for a special exhibition.
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