Watch With Us: Rodin Hiding in Plain Sight
Join us to see this virtual presentation in person at the Eagle Point Library!
Mallory Mortillaro will share the story of how a simple art cataloging project evolved into a search for a mysterious piece’s provenance, and became one of the biggest art finds in recent history.
Mortillaro was hired straight out of college for a part time art cataloging project, which included authenticating a marble bust of Napoleon that had been sitting in a New Jersey town hall for almost 80 years. The project morphed into a search for this mysterious piece’s provenance, eventually culminating in its authentication by the world’s leading Rodin expert. In this virtual talk, Mortillaro also shares the story of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, the woman who gifted this artwork, along with an entire town hall, all in the name of her one and only lost son. This fully illustrated lecture engages participants with present day and historic photographs.
Mortillaro currently serves as the Curator of Collections for the Hartley Dodge Foundation in Madison, NJ.
Learn more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/nyregion/a-rodin-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-a-new-jersey-suburb.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-rodin-sculpture-discovered-new-jersey-borough-hall-180965314/
- Date:
- 09/01/2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room
- Library:
- Eagle Point Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Arts & Crafts History Presentation/Discussion
