Thank you TruVue!

[Cliff Wilson MCPF]

Just came back from New York from the trip I was awarded in Vegas by TruVue!

What a great time! Spent an exhausting day at the Met as you can see from the picture.
They need to dust some of their frames! Particularly some of the Monet's. A few of them are in frames that almost look like shelves and they have a deep layer of visible dust on them. I almost reached in and wiped them off. As you can tell by me not being in jail, I refrained.

Bumped into an old employee, Maeve, who was working on a final. She's studying in the city at Bard for her masters. Kinda fun having a young pretty girl come running up to you in a strange city and giving you a big hug!

Thank You TruVue! a great time!

 

[Kai Vanuffelen]

Wow, what an amazingly big frame. 22 kt gold leaf? I've seen this picture before. Who is the artist and title?
One needs a big workshop to reframe it.

 

[Myrna Dow]

Congratulations Cliff! What a tremendous experience to see that frame in person rather than on the big screen. I bet it is absolutely breath taking!

 

[Kai Vanuffelen]

Now what kind of hanging would that framer have used to hang such an enormous and heavy frame onto the wall? Cleats maybe? You need big doors to get this kind of size picture into your shop in the first place.
Did the artist paint this work onto a canvas and in that case, did the framer use stretchers to stretch the canvas?

Since this trip was paid by Truvue, was this oil-painting framed with glass in front? I doubt you can even get a piece of perspex to this size.

 

[Mike Labbe]

Kai

This piece was the subject of the PPFA annual luncheon presentation in January, at the trade show in Las Vegas.

It was a very informative presentation, to see all the work and steps that went into preparing this amazing frame.

AM7002 PPFA Annual Luncheon and Eli Wilner Keynote
Sunday, January 27, 2013 : 11:45am - 1:15pm • Suzanne Smeaton

Suzanne Smeaton will give a 45-minute presentation about re-creating the original, monumental nineteenth-century frame for “Washington Crossing the Delaware” for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her talk will detail every step of the process from working with curators and period photographs to crafting, carving, and gilding the frame over three years. She will also discuss the final delivery and installation of the frame that holds the 12-by-21-foot iconic American painting. The luncheon meeting will also include presentation of the PPFA 2013 Service Awards, CPF and MCPF Exam Scholarships, installation of the newly elected PPFA Board, and much more. The meeting portion is sponsored by Encore Products, a Division of Elmers’ Products. The keynote portion is sponsored by Larson-Juhl. Lunch will be sponsored by WCAF Expo.

It was interesting to see how it was made, how they came to realize what the original frame looked like - from an old photo, how they had to temporatily store pieces hoisted up near the ceiling, how they got it into the museum, etc.

Here is a story with pics, about the piece: http://www.eliwilner.com/projects/washington-delaware.php

Mike

 

[Russ Wood]

Just came back from New York from the trip I was awarded in Vegas by TruVue!

What a great time! Spent an exhausting day at the Met as you can see from the picture.

Thank You TruVue! a great time!

Cliff, it is great that you actually took the time off to enjoy your award. Glad you had a great time.

 

[Evan Bertwell]

Glad you had a great time, I need to get down there and see that painting/frame. Also, it's good that the weather stayed nice.

 

[Mikki Kavich MCPF]

OK! That puppy is BIG! With you in front of it it really tells the story! The presentation was great but your simple photo really makes you realize how enormous that thing is!

Well deserved trip! Hope you had a blast since we all wanted to go!