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This artist has mastered the art of upside-down painting.
Le Bateau caused a minor stir when the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which housed it, hung the work upside-down for 47 days in 1961 until Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake and notified a guard.
It hung upside down at MOMA for 47 days in 1961. [8] [9] Georgia O'Keeffe's The Lawrence Tree (1929) depicts a tree from its foot. It hung up upside down in 1931 and between 1979 and 1989. Her Oriental Poppies hung upside down for 30 years at the Weisman Art Museum of the University of Minnesota. [8] Long Grass With Butterflies, 1890
The museum decided to keep the painting oriented upside down, due to the fragile state of the work. [8] [10] It was feared that righting the artwork would cause parts of it to disintegrate, as the adhesive used had deteriorated and some of the tapes were "hanging by a thread". [8] [10]
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The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (detail) The painting depicts the martyrdom of St. Peter.According to ancient and well-known tradition, Peter, when he was condemned to death in Rome, requested to be crucified upside-down because he did not believe that a man is worthy to be killed in the same manner as Jesus Christ.
Niccolò Piccinino, in the Palazzo della Signoria in 1428, [16] which depicted him hanging upside down in chains; [17] "depaint[ed]" in April 1430. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Hanging upside down by one foot was a common theme for pitture infamanti of condottieri who switched sides.