Paul Robeson Original National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Poster
- 1967
- Painted by Betsy Graves Reyneau, Design by Tim Lewis
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24 x 36 inches ~ (60 x 91 cm)$145
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $145 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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No. 1436 Paul Robeson (as Othello) (1898-1976). Portrait by Betsy Graves Reyneau, oil on canvas, 1944. 127.6 x 96.5 (50 1/4 x 38 in.), Published by Pomegranate Publications, Box 6099. Rohnert Park, CA 94927.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Gift of the Harmon Foundation., NPG 67.86
Designed by Tim Lewis. Printed in Korea."Betsy Graves Reyneau's portrait of Robeson portrays him in one of his greatest roles, that of Shakespeare's Othello. But his resentment of racial discrimination eventually led him into affiliations that many equated with Communism. As a result, during the militantly anti-Communist crusade that overtook this country following World War II, he was bitterly denounced, and his career came largely to an end. Even this portrait became an object of indignation. When the picture arrived in Boston in 1950, the mayor ordered it barred from the show." - National Portrait Gallery
