During the 1980's, Japanese collectors were very active in the market for European art, especially as purchasers of nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings. This striking pattern surely reflects a specific preference on the part of many Japanese collectors for certain aesthetic attributes they found in nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings.
Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the explanation above?
(A) Impressionist paintings first became popular among art collectors in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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(B) During the 1980's, the Japanese economy underwent a sustained expansion that was unprecedented in the country's recent history.
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Several nineteenth-century Impressionist painters adopted certain techniques and visual effects found in Japanese prints that are highly esteemed in Japan. Correctthis choice can tell us about aesthetic attribution of Japanese collectors
(D) During the 1960's and the 1970's, the prices of nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings often exceeded the prices of paintings by older European masters.
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(E) During the 1980's, collectors from Japan and around the world purchased many paintings and prints by well-known twentieth-century Japanese artists.
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