Art: Groceryman's Pictures

Retiring to the point of anonymity is Morris Joseloff, vice president and director of New England's chain First National Stores, Inc. Only his intimate friends know that he has a private pension list of poor to whom he sends weekly checks, that last year he financed a sandwich and coffee stand for Hartford, Conn. unemployed, that Sir John Lavery's portrait of his wife was exhibited in last year's Royal Academy show.

Year ago Morris Joseloff wandered into London's International Art Galleries on St. James Street, was shown two Reynoldses, a Gainsborough, a Hopper,...

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