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David Brega b.1948
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- David Brega
- Starstruck
- signed David Brega and dated '07 (lower right)
- oil on masonite
- 24 by 36 inches
- (66 by 91 cm)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist, 2007
Exhibited
Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts, North River Arts Society, North River Arts Society 33rd Festival of the Arts, May 2009
Catalogue Note
The artist has superimposed himself as the starstruck fan to Marylin Monroe’s right in the vintage photograph of Monroe taken by Murray Garrett in 1953 outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. This clever twist, common in the trompe l’oeil genre, is familiar to other forms as well, including the works of artist Norman Rockwell and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
Tucked behind the photograph is a music manuscript of a jazzy rendition of Happy Birthday, an allusion to the movie star’s own starstruck moment with President John F. Kennedy.
Tucked behind the photograph is a music manuscript of a jazzy rendition of Happy Birthday, an allusion to the movie star’s own starstruck moment with President John F. Kennedy.