Out of the Attic
and Into the Gallery
September 14 - October 22, 2004
Gallery Night Providence:
September 16, October 21, 5 - 9 pm
Providence, R.I. From paintings to prints, small sketches to frames,
Bert Gallery presents artwork and “odds and ends“ from various
estates. For nineteen years, the Gallery has sold many painting treasures
inherited from Grandma or hoarded in that eccentric uncle’s attic.
This exhibit is a collection of various paintings, prints, drawings and
watercolors from those dusty corners and closets of yesteryear. The exhibit
runs from September 14 - October 22, 2004. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday
- Friday, 11 – 5pm, and Saturday, 12 – 4pm. The gallery is closed
Sundays and Mondays.
Special Events:
Thursday, September 16, 7pm Gallery Night Special Program:
“What do you do when you inherit a painting, print, or whole household?”
Strategies for researching and selling art and antiques.
Saturday, October 23, 10am – 12pm:
Closing Sale: 20% off remaining attic exhibit inventory.
Galleries, like households, inherit many paintings and ephemera from artists, collections and estates. Preparatory drawings, classroom renderings and oil sketches are all art ephemera which are fun to collect. What to do with the plaster cast heads of the bronze bust? How about the etching plates and woodblocks for the prints? Bert Gallery has assembled a significant body of such works over the years and now we are cleaning out our own attic! Come peruse the numerous works available.
When digging through old artworks and objects, ever wondered what the right strategies were for researching and selling art and antiques? Find out by attending the lecture, “What do you do when you inherit a painting, print, or whole household?” Held at Bert Gallery on September 16th during Gallery Night Providence, the talk will begin at 7pm sharp. Keynote speakers will include Catherine Bert, Director of Bert Gallery and Marion Clarke, Owner of Benefit Street Antiques. For more information call 401-751-2628. The exhibit is free and open to the public.