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GlaxoSmithKline recently moved from its downtown office tower to an ultra-modern new home at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and decided to part with its collection of several hundred photos, drawings, textiles and paintings. The new building has glass walls and an open floor plan without a lot of places to hang works of art; employees were given the opportunity to buy some pieces at half the appraised value and others were auctioned or donated. "It always captivated me that we had this painting," said Ray Milora, project executive for Glaxo. "We're beyond proud to be able to be here today ... this is sort of the exclamation point on our move." More than 95 percent of the museum's collection came as gifts, so donations like "The Trial of the Bow" are essential and appreciated, museum director and chief executive officer Timothy Rub said. The museum also announced several other gifts Monday including a watercolor by Pierre Joseph Redoute, four paintings from 18th-century colonial Latin America, a rare Tiffany chandelier and more than 200 photographs by modernist photographer and filmmaker Paul Strand.
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