Staff Picks: Conservator Kate Smith’s Favorite Work of Art

March 27, 2020
Smith stands in the gallery in front of a gold-framed landscape; she gestures with her hands while looking at the work. She has brown hair, wears glasses, and her purple blouse has blue, orange-red, and light gray polka dots. The painting shows a green fi

October Noon, by George Inness, was the subject of Kate Smith’s research project when she was an intern at the Harvard Art Museums in 2001. Almost 20 years later, and now a conservator at the museums, she is still captivated by this late 19th-century American painting.

Click the video above to hear why October Noon remains a favorite of hers.

(A transcript for the video is available in this link.)

 

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