PARIS: An American couple from Texas who discovered their love for art during a trip to Paris in the 1970s are to donate the multi-million dollar collection they have amassed since to the French capital.

Businessman Spencer Hays and his wife Marlene were in the city Saturday to formalize the first installment of their donation -- 187 works including pieces by Edgar Degas and Amedeo Modigliani worth some $188 million to the Musee d’Orsay.

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