The $36,000 Lincoln piece that hung at the Hamptons fair had a turbulent history itself! The piece had been damaged in an apparent art heist gone wrong.
Abraham Lincoln continues to have pop cultural moments 159 years after his time.cheekily portrays Honest Abe as a not-so-honest hubby — an eye-catching painting Lincoln was hanging at the recent Hamptons Art Fair.
The artist explained on Instagram that in early 2022, “I was commissioned to paint a George Washington and an Abraham Lincoln to be hung side by side in a board room. After they were finished, they were crated, and left with a .”But while, “George Washington arrived in Utah unscathed… Abe, unfortunately was nowhere to be found.
Ekstrom wrote: “Lessons learned: 1. Do NOT advertise the contents of the crate on the outside,” since the crate said, “Rad art inside, fragile!”
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