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Article: Norton Simon has new leading 'Lady'
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- Whittier Daily News
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- November 6, 2008
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PASADENA - A small luminous Vermeer masterpiece - one of only 35
in the world - went on display Thursday at the Norton Simon Museum.
On a three-month loan from the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C., "A Lady Writing," circa 1665, is the first
painting to come to the Norton Simon in a bicoastal exchange program
established last year with the National Gallery and The Frick
Collection in New York City.
"Our choice was Vermeer - how could it not be?" said Carol
Togneri, the Norton Simon's chief curator.
No other work by the Dutch master is on public view on the West
Coast, Togneri said, and the painting's arrival in Pasadena is
expected to generate considerable buzz.
"'A Lady ...