Presidents, Artists, and Saints: A Wall Hanging
| Date: | 1971
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| Medium: | Acrylic on paper |
| Size inches: | c. 23 x 30 |
| Size cm: | 56 x 76
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| Signature: | Signature uncertain
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| Location: | Unknown |
The original title, "Artists, Presidents and Saints," was revised by the artist.
Presidents: (left to right) Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, Roosevelt, Hoover.
Artists: (left to right) George Deem (self portrait), Picasso, Degas, Delacroix.
Saints: (left to right) Bernadette Soubirous (no halo);
Raphael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, National Gallery, London;
Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Carthusian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
February 1971
1977 Allan Stone has following paintings: Presidents, Artists and Saints: 1969, gouache, 76 x 56 cm, 30 x 22 inches Collection, Allan Stone 71 x 39 inches (no photo)
I have a new acrylic painting on paper. It looks like a Spanish wall hanging from 42nd Street. It has Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, Roosevelt, and Hoover in one row, me, Picasso, Degas, and Delacroix in the second row and St. Bernadette, St. Catherine and St. Carthusian in the last row. Any space you can think of that has no portrait has a bold embroidery design. It is rather lovely and Roosevelt looks like
David Tudor, and Ronald (Vance) said she (Jean Rigg) doesn't remember him (Roosevelt) and I said she does even though she's too young because she's older than her years. (George Deem, letter to Jean Rigg, January 21, 1971).
