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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Ruth P. Horwich has long been a patron and 
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supporter of the Hyde Park Art Center; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich served as chairman for many years and 
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currently serves as an honorary chair; throughout the middle 
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1960s and the 1970s, she and renowned Chicago artist Don Baum 
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made the Center one of Chicago's most vibrant art venues and 
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that legacy continues today; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich and her late husband, Leonard, were 
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founding members of the Museum of Contemporary Art and served 
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on its board of trustees; the Horwich Foundation donated the 
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seed money for the Dubuffet sculpture at the State of Illinois 
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Center; Mrs. Horwich has served on the Art Institute's 
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acquisitions committee for the department of 20th-century 
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painting and sculpture; perhaps the greatest beneficiary of her 
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personal philanthropy has been the Hyde Park Art Center; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich and her husband initially plunged 
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into the art world in the 1950s and they built an extensive 
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collection of art; serious collectors, by nature, usually defy 
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the concept of restraint, and the Horwich family did so by 
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collecting what has been called a "forest of Calders"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich is an example of the kind of 
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influence that art can have on both artists and collectors and 
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the kind of symbiotic relationships that it can inspire between 
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them; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Hyde Park Art Center is naming a portion of 
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its new home after Ruth Horwich in honor of her years of 
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dedication to the Center; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
 


 






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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we thank Ruth Horwich for her patronage and support of the Hyde 
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Park Art Center and her many years of service in the arts; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That we congratulate Mrs. Horwich on the honor 
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bestowed upon her by the Hyde Park Art Center in having a 
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portion of its new home named after her; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Ruth Horwich and to the Hyde Park Art Center with 
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our congratulations and as an expression of our respect and 
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esteem.