After all, that’s just how banana republics operate.
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Is Joe keeping the proceeds?
Who gets the money? “Da Big Guy” Jo Jo for the Biden Crime Family slush fund or Hunter Xiden the artist to buy more “paint” for his finger paintings?
A lot was not reported in this article and the commenters make assumptions and jump to conclusions. The painting was never owned by the U.S. Government; it was on loan to the White House by a private collector since the Nixon years. In 2015, the private collector sold the painting to the founders of Fastenal (Winona, Minnesota) who loaned it to a local museum there. The current private owners are selling the painting now through an auction at Christie’s. Hence, it was neither Obama or Biden who decided to sell the painting.
GMTA!
Why is the painting no longer in the White House? Did Obama not approve?
The picture will be replaced by a blow up of ‘Biden and the Easter Bunny’...
20 mill? Must be an original Hunter.
WHY sell something like that?
The painting is privately owned and was on loan to the White House when it hung there.
Knowing him, yeah.
I clicked the link to read about who owned the painting, but that info was left out.
Still was worth the dumpster dive into DM for the comments section:
“10 percent for the Big Guy”
(Okay, what FReeper from TX posted that?)
Good to know.
Thank you for the information. I read the article before I posted, but not the comments.
10%. He doesn’t want to be greedy.
That’s the People’s Painting. Who authorized this?
After all, that’s just how banana republics operate.
Owned by Richard Manoogian...Millionaire
Glad it’s out of Joek’s grasp. He’d have charged a $2M “dismounting and transfer fee.”
10 percent for the Big Guy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.