Sometimes an artist forgets to sign their artwork. Seems crazy, but it happens a lot. For example, t
Sometimes an artist forgets to sign their artwork. Seems crazy, but it happens a lot. For example, this oil painting by acclaimed 19th-century artist John Singer Sargent is unsigned. When a painting comes to the collection unsigned, and the artist is living, we can give them an opportunity to sign their work. This recently happened with two pieces added to the collection.Paintings Conservators Josh Summer and Lauren Bradley with the artist, Constance P. BeatyConstance P. Beaty the artist who painted this portrait, a gift of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came to the Conservation lab to sign it just before its recent installation in the American Galleries.Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy created this work Jack Johnson: I Beat The Great White Hope in 2016 . It was a gift of Sugar Hill Capital Partners in 2017. Upon examination, we realized the painting was unsigned. Fab 5 Freddy recently came in to sign his painting, and being the great showman he is, we couldn’t resist filming it. You can see more of Fab 5 Freddy on BBC 2 – A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy where he addresses themes similar to those in our recent exhibition One: Titus Kaphar.Posted by Lisa Bruno -- source link
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