In 2013, the Academy sold East Wind Over Weehawken (1934), one of two Edward Hopper paintings in its collection, to start an endowment fund. About 25 percent of the fund will be used to fill gaps in the collection of historic art, with much of the rest to buy contemporary art of undetermined value with hopes for dramatic increases in the future.[27] The painting was sold at auction for $40,485,000,[28] allowing a substantial boost to the museum's then-current endowment of about $23.5 million,[29] but raised new questions about the museum's mission and whether such deaccessionings are in the public interest.