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continuously since the donation. During the 1920s and 30s, Bartlett would swap-out paintings in order to add pieces that would be a better representation or example of the work displayed. The twenty-five paintings in the collection are still in the public gallery as well as other works from the same historical time-frame.
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After only six-and-one-half years of marriage, Helen Birch
Bartlett died of cancer on October 24, 1925. To honor his wife, Frederic presented their unique art collection to the Art Institute of Chicago in May 1926. The Helen Birch Memorial Collection has been permanently displayed in the museum
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Bartlett: The Collectors by Courtney Graham Donnell, FortuneArchive.com
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in an appropriate artistic context, the
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