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picture bought in 1950 for $30,000 sold this month for $104.1 million and you
will be unlucky if you fail to get his attention. That was the case with the
portrait of a young boy by Picasso when Sotheby’s dispersed on May 5 the tail
end of the famous collection formed by the late John Hay Whitney and his wife
Betsy Cushing Whitney. Sales added up to almost $190 million within two
hours. If you then go on to explain that Whitney bought the 1905 portrait not for investment but for art’s sake, because he loved 19th- and 20th-century painting, you might well be greeted with a stare of compassionate irony. Yet that was exactly so. Had the heir to a vast fortune consulted experts at the time, most would have advised against the acquisition. Received wisdom in the 1950s A. its art historical importance B. its aesthetic characterization C. the general public’s idea D. its beauty [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}} Ricci’s "Operation Columbus" Ricci, 45, is now striking out on perhaps ills boldest venture yet. He plans to market an English-language edition of his elegant monthly art magazine, FMR, in the United States. Once again the skeptics are murmuring that the successful Ricci has headed for a big fall. And once again Ricci intends to prove them wrong. Ricci is so confident that he has christened. his quest "Operation Columbus" and has set his sights on discovering an American readership of 300,000.’That goal may not be too far-fetched. The Italian edition of FMR--the initials, of course, stand for Franco Maria Ricci--is only 18 months old. But it is already the second largest alt magazine in the world, with a circulation of 65,000 and a profit margin of US’500, 000. The American edition will be patterned after the Italian version, with each 160-page issue carrying only 40 pages A. surprising B. surprised C. shocked D. appearing 我来回答: 提交
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