Gallery

I went to the Mishkin Gallery at Baruch college on Friday as a class for my English class. This gallery was much smaller than I expected: the place was small in size compared to other galleries, and there were only few pictures up on the walls. I was specifically interested in one portrait. It was the a photo of George Bernard Shaw and his stamps. At this gallery, I learned a little story about George Bernard Shaw. He was a stamp collector that refused to buy a single picture of what the photographer, Sternberger took. Though, he persuaded Shaw to at least look over his portraits of him and Shaw decided to buy 50 copies of the same one print. This was what interested me the most. Shaw did not mention the payment of his copies and instead sent him an envelope filled with checks with little money signed by him. He told Sternberger that his signature is worth more than how much the portrait costs and for him to just sell his checks. It will be a win-win for both of them because nobody would cash out the check, meaning he won’t lose a single penny and Sternberger himself can get more money by selling those checks. I thought this was very clever of Shaw which is the reason why I remember this portrait the most from the gallery. Other portraits like the famous Albert Einstein was also portrayed at this gallery. Although the gallery was small, it had many famous people around the walls with little descriptions about them. I had a fun time at this gallery looking around and learning something new about the famous people we all know of. It was a good experience going to the Mishkin Gallery at Baruch.