What do Martinis, Jazz, and George Washington have in common?
Fine Arts Friday A Happy Hour for Professionals  Presented by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Conoco & KRTS 92.1   FRIDAY, March 1, 2002 In the Cafe Express of the museum's Audrey Jones Beck Building (5601 Main Street) Free admission 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. $5 martini specials!
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres Cash bar Come as you are  				Mix and mingle with other professionals, and see the monumental "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington by American painter Gilbert Stuart.
Now on view at the MFAH, the portrait made news in 2001 when the owner, who had lent the painting to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution since 1968, decided to sell it.
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas donated $30 million to allow the National Portrait Gallery to purchase the painting.
The MFAH is the first stop on the national tour  George Washington: A National Treasure.

MFAH Fine Arts Friday!  March 1, 2002
What do Martinis, Jazz, and George Washington have in common?
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Complimentary hors d'oeuvres Cash bar Come as you are Mix and mingle with other professionals, and see the monumental "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington by American painter Gilbert Stuart.
Now on view at the MFAH, the portrait made news in <NUMBER> when the owner, who had lent the painting to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution since <NUMBER>, decided to sell it.
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas donated <CUR><NUMBER> million to allow the National Portrait Gallery to purchase the painting.
The MFAH is the first stop on the national tour George Washington: A National Treasure.
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