@goodman.lafon: 1/2. I’ll post the next part tomorrow to coincide wirh the opening of the show! 🎉 1) Three versions of Foster’s model, Oliver L. Bates; 2) A phoenix representing Detroit’s rebirth; 3) Vanessa, a dance teacher, and Jaxon as a child referencing Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix; 4) depiction of Putto with a Dolphin by Andrea del Verrocchio, ca. 1465/1480, bronze, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio; 5) a child, who represents innocence, playing with a black and white demon, which have racial undertones; 6) workers representing progress in the city; 7) the University of Detroit Mercy Memorial Tower; 8) the Renaissance Center; 9) the Wayne County Building; 10) the James Scott Memorial Fountain; 11) possibly the Masonic temple; 12) the Fisher building. LeRoy Foster, “Renaissance City,” 1978, 184” x 118.5,” likely oil on canvas, collection of Cass Tech, Detroit, MI. Treated for LeRoy Foster: Solo Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 10-18-23 to 3-3-24. #artconservation #conservation #artrestoration #restoration #preservation #realism #detroit #detroitcity #detroitartist #blackart #blackartist #painting #mural #oiloncanvas #fineart #lostart #rediscovered #renaissance #renaissanceart

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