The Trustee and The Curator, 1992
Chromogenic color print
Sight: 28 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (72.4 x 92.1 cm.)
Purchased with funds obtained through gift of Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund; 2000-11
' ; $object_caption = 'Tina Barney
The Trustee and The Curator, 1992
Chromogenic color print

2000-11
' ; $object_summary = 'For many Jews in the early twentieth century, the acquisition of art contributed to the process of acculturation. This photograph shows the curator of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a trustee of the museum. Lehman, like other serious Jewish collectors of the early 20th century, focused on European painting, particularly Christian art of the Italian Renaissance. Tina Barney\'s photograph depicts the trustee, a Lehman descendant and relative of the photographer, in a posture typically associated with Christian iconography. '; ?>