Large Oil Sketch: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Constance P. Beaty

Photo courtesy Constance P. Beaty

Object Label

In this painting, Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears with a calm yet determined gaze—perhaps a reflection of her stalwart position supporting gender equality, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ rights. Constance Peck Beaty also painted Ginsburg’s official portrait, which today hangs in the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

A frequent visitor to the Brooklyn Museum as a child, Ginsburg gifted this work to the collection in 2019.

Caption

Constance P. Beaty American. Large Oil Sketch: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ca. 2015–2016. Oil on linen, 42 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (106.7 × 86.4 × 3.8 cm) frame: 44 1/2 × 36 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (113 × 92.7 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photo courtesy Constance P. Beaty, CUR.2019.2.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Large Oil Sketch: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Date

ca. 2015–2016

Medium

Oil on linen

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

42 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (106.7 × 86.4 × 3.8 cm) frame: 44 1/2 × 36 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (113 × 92.7 × 8.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Accession Number

2019.2

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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