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historical notes
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Sylvan Barnet was an art collector and English literature professor at Tufts University.
Barnet and his partner, William Burto (1921–2013), built a collection go Japanese Religious art including calligraphy and Buddhist works.
Their collection was exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Freer/Sackler Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Harvard Art Museum. Barnet and Burto gave works of art from their collection to the Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Art Museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Freer Gallery of Art.
Their gift of 179 works of art to The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, included Japanese prints, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, lacquers and a number of Korean, Islamic, African, Chinese, and Anatolian works.
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