She returned home and encouraged them to contact the museum. The neighbors had purchased the small painting by the renowned Black artist for a very modest sum at a friend’s Christmas charity art auction in 1960, to benefit a music school. They are an elderly couple and asked the Met and The New York Times that they not be identified to protect their privacy. Last week, the couple finally contacted an art adviser to help them navigate the Met, one of the country’s largest museums. On view starting Thursday, it will travel on loan to venues in Birmingham, Seattle and Washington, D.C., through next fall.

Source: New York Times October 21, 2020 16:01 UTC