One day two years ago, a jury of art connoisseurs gathered in a midtown branch of a Manhattan bank. At that meeting, and four others, dozens of paintings and sculptures were paraded by, and the critics noted their opinions of the works by rating them from 0 to 3. There was occasional disagreement, but works getting more than 14 points were almost sure of winding up in a new homeĀthe 60-story glass, steel and aluminum Chase Manhattan Bank building that opened last month near Wall Street (TIME, May 26). By last week, though the...
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