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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Obviously.
What's it like to live in a world so full of coincidences?
Is it pretty there? Are there shoes in your world?
It's not so full when you don't go around expecting find them.
Stuff happens, doesn't affect you, not your business and is pointless to get all stompy-mad about.
Is it pretty there?
Yes.
Are there shoes in your world?
In the northern areas I suppose.
Nice copy in Trenton, NJ near the site of the crossing. At least it was there in1967 when our 8th grade class took a class trip there. Confused me as a kid cause it looked like Washington was going back to PA.
That part about 'doesn't affect you' is where you go horribly wgong, my country cousin.
Just another old white guy who kept slaves.. We be better without him. /s
First he dips into the strategic oil reserves. Now he’s selling the artwork. Lock up the silver.
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