Coincidence?
Posted on 04/24/2022 8:30:10 AM PDT by Cecily
The famous 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20million.
The 1851 oil painting is one of three versions painted by Emanuel Leutze of the man who was to be the first U.S. president leading troops during a key moment of the American revolution. Only two survive.
The first version was destroyed during a World War Two air raid in Germany, said American Art specialist Paige Kestenman at Christie's New York.
'The second is the monumental work that is the centerpiece of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, and the third is this work right here,' said Kestenman.
The version at New York's Met measures 12.4 feet-by-21.25 feet.
The painting up for sale on May 12 is smaller - about 3 feet-by-6 feet. It had hung for decades in the White House, mainly in the West Wing reception room.
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It is not an accurate depiction anyway. An account form my family was that Washington was wearing riding boots and wrapped in a blanket. He and the boat operator were the only ones on the boat.
…It had been on loan from an anonymous collector before it was sold privately to Mary Burrichter and her husband, Bob Kierlin, founders of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. The couple subsequently loaned the work to the museum with the intention of it becoming part of the permanent collection, according to a March 2015 article in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis.
In a statement Friday, the museum said “the painting was not intended to be permanently added to the MMAM’s collection, despite it being reported otherwise in a 2015 article that was published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.”
Earlier, a spokeswoman at MMAM said the initial loan was finite and ended in March 2022, and was “part of our many rotating exhibitions of great art inspired by water.” She continued in an email, “The owner of this work has not shared with us their reasons to sell.”…
A billionaire should buy it and donate it to the National Gallery. MacKenzie Scott, for example. She is in the process of giving away multi-millions.
Can’t the O’Biden regime get a judge to stop the sale unless he gets his 10%?
Good question. I was thinking: “Will Hunter get a percentage of the sale price?”
Yes.
“Who gets the money? “Da Big Guy”
The ongoing communist purge knows no bounds...
Once again, the few Americans that are left will shrug their shoulders and continue grazing blissfully...
Why wouldn’t the US government made the owner an offer to buy the painting that precluded an auction?
Bet Trump’s admin would have.
Dibs on Churchill’s bust & Reagon’s portrait!
Unless it's in some German's basement or in a salt mind somewhere.
Coincidence?
Obviously.
Glad you woke up again.
How much is the ‘big guy’s’ cut, again?
Fedgov not involved. It has always been privately owned and loaned.
How are they going to keep Putin or Xi from buying it?
Has anyone checked to make sure Nixon’s cryptic message is not sealed under the backing?
It will be interesting to see who buys it for $20 million.
And there’s a cryptic message from Franklin Pierce under that…
Which one in the painting is Brian Williams? Is he the guy with the oar just below the flag?
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