Butler does it

It is an electronic sign that rotates images. This shew, at that moment, Butler Institute of American Art's painting of honor, one of the two Winslow Homer's Snap the Whip 1872. I took fotos of the real work, but they had reflections of lights from the glass. Joseph G. Butler Jr. founded the  museum in 1919. His personal collection of art went there. It was the first art museum to be exclusively filled with American works. His father, and grandfather were iron magnates. He expanded to steel, Youngstown became the third largest steel producer in the United States. His museum was philanthropy, it has remained free to enter and view.

Norman Rockwell. Lincoln the Railsplitter. 1965. 

 Originally this was in the lobby of Lincoln Savings, Spokane; then Ross Perot had it. Butler Institute of Art purchased it at auction in 2006 for $1,808,000. Karma had no knowledge of the provenance.

Who is the loveliest hound of all?

Arsen Roje. To Have and Have Not.

Marc Sijan. Seated security guard #2, Art. 

See the name badge. Some people have seen this, and believed the sculpture a living man, who would not acknowledge them. Others have taken fotos with Art. Now, there is a velvet rope around him. Sijan's work is very anatomically exact, hyper realistic. He does not sculpt the perfect body, but average bodies. Some people find his work a little creepy. Really the museum staff was very sociable, and everyone enjoyed Karma's presence.

John Massey Rhind. Apollo. Indian Scout. 1907.

George Segal. The Steelmakers. 1980, inside Butler.

George Segal. The Steelmakers. 1980, in front of Museum of Industry and Labor, across St. Columba Cathedral.