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At the time, Fonda was a collector of plein air paintings — mostly early California landscapes by female painters. She was deeply moved by the art she saw at Arnett’s: ‘I couldn't believe the dynamism, the energy, the courage, the rawness of these works.’ It marked a turning pointing in her collecting — ‘I bought a number of things right then and there,’ she adds.

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An Academy Award­-winning actor, author, and activist, Fonda, is a long-time supporter and collector of Black artists from the American South, whom she first encountered through the art historian and patron Bill Arnett, an early champion of Dial and other like artists.