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Mcnay Art Museum Presents Newly Authenticated El Greco Painting McNay Art Museum 6000 North New Braunfels San Antonio, Texas 78209 210.824.5368 mcnayart.org Media Contact: Daniela Oliver, 210.805.1754 [email protected] January 11, 2012 McNay Art Museum Presents Newly Authenticated El Greco Painting An outlier among Marion Koogler McNay’s collection, El Greco’s Head of Christ was an unusual purchase for a collector focused on modern art. More than likely, this acquisition reflects Mrs. McNay’s awareness of works assembled by Marjorie and Duncan Phillips, which became Washington, DC’s famed Phillips Collection. They also acquired an El Greco as their unique old master painting for an otherwise modern collection. Over the years since the McNay opened in 1954, scholarship on the Greek painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco, progressed steadily. Originally accepted as El Greco’s work, the museum’s painting in recent decades was presumed a studio version or later copy of another work by the master. When the McNay’s director visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s El Greco exhibition several years ago, he studied other depictions of Christ, suspecting the McNay’s painting warranted examination by a conservator and more research. Subsequently the painting was sent to Dallas where painting conservator Helen Mar Parkin proceeded cautiously to remove overpaint applied after the era of El Greco, as well as discolored varnish and grime to the extent they could be safely removed. In this process, the McNay benefited from advice given by art historian Bill Jordan, who organized a major El Greco exhibition in 1982. As work progressed, the painting began to look more convincing as an autograph work. Jordan however deferred to Leticia Ruiz Gómez of Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado, who is preparing the complete catalogue of El Greco’s work. Earlier photographs of the McNay’s painting had been sent to Madrid; now new photographs followed. Fortunately the Prado curator planned a visit to the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas; on that occasion, she traveled to San Antonio to see the painting first hand. Upon viewing it, she confirmed it as largely by El Greco’s hand, with the face of Christ— especially the eyes and beard—very beautifully painted. Page 2 of 2 Head of Christ is now reframed in the 17th-century Spanish style and appears in the exhibition An El Greco Rediscovered in the first Hamon Gallery on the upper level of the McNay residence for an extended period. A focus exhibition explains the conservation process, compares the McNay painting to other versions of this composition, and discusses studio assistance and later additions. This exhibition was organized by the McNay Art Museum. Funding is generously provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment, and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions. Image credit: El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop, Head of Christ, ca. 1579–86. Oil on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay. Image upon request. The McNay Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival residence opened as Texas’s first museum of modern art in 1954. Today more than 100,000 visitors a year enjoy works by modern masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In June 2008, the museum opened the 45,000-square-foot Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Nearly doubling the McNay’s exhibition space, the Stieren Center includes outdoor sculpture galleries. Hours Tuesday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm; Thursday, 10 am–9 pm; Saturday, 10 am–5 pm; Sunday, noon–5 pm. The McNay is closed on Mondays, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. General Admission McNay members, free; children 12 and under, free; adults, $8; students 13 and over, seniors (65+), and active Military, $5. An extra admission charge of $5 applies during special exhibitions. There is no charge for general admission on Thursday nights and on the first Sunday of the month. At these times, the extra admission charge applies only for entrance to the special exhibition. ### Daniela Oliver, McNay Public Relations and Marketing Manager, 210.805.1754 [email protected] .
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