Larchmont Chronicle
OCTOBER 2021
SECTION TWO
PORTRAITS MAKE HISTORY smithsonian’s national portrait gallery presents
THE OBAMA PORTRAITS TOUR Featuring works by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
from lacma’s collection
BLACK AMERICAN PORTRAITS Featuring works spanning 200 years
TWO EXHIBITIONS OPEN NOV 7 PUBLIC TICKETS ON SALE OCT 21 Image credits: (L) Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley, 2018, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © 2018 Kehinde Wiley. (R) Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald, 2018, oil on linen, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the generous donors who made these commissions possible and proudly recognizes them at npg.si.edu/obamaportraitstour. Support for the national tour has been generously provided by Bank of America; Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?), United States, c. 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Cecile Bartman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Sargent Claude Johnson, Chester, 1930, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson in memory of her father Adolph Loewi, photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, near Fairfax LACMA.org | 323 857-6010 Always free for members and L.A. County youth 17 and under
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