{"product_id":"blond-lady-with-floating-mouth-featured-in-gallery-exhibit-1991","title":"“Blonde Lady with Floating Mouth” — Vintage Found Portrait Painting, Featured In Metro Pictures Gallery Exhibit 1991","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternate Title Options:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlonde Lady with Floating Mouth — Exhibited Thrift Store Painting, 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage Found Portrait of a Blonde Woman — Signed Lynn Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlonde Lady Portrait — From the Todd Oldham Studio Collection of Found Paintings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFloating Mouth Blonde — Vintage Stretched Canvas Portrait, 16 x 20 in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLynn Thompson Blonde Lady Portrait — Metro Pictures \/ Thrift Store Paintings Provenance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, strange, and wonderfully special vintage found portrait painting titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Blonde Lady with Floating Mouth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Painted on a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 x 20 inch canvas board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this unforgettable blonde woman has the kind of presence that makes found paintings so compelling — elegant, mysterious, slightly surreal, and full of unspoken story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat makes this piece truly extraordinary is its history. This painting was included in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 1991 exhibition “Thrift Store Paintings” at Metro Pictures in SoHo, New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an exhibition connected to the book of the same name authored by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJim Shaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. That provenance gives the work a remarkable place within the celebrated world of found art, thrift-store painting, outsider aesthetics, and the appreciation of anonymous or semi-anonymous vernacular creativity.  Image of the exhibit; you can find her bottom row second painting from the column.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTodd Oldham Studio Collection of found paintings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this piece carries not only visual charm but a rich cultural backstory. It is beautiful, unusual, and deeply special — the kind of painting that feels like it has lived many lives before arriving here. What a story she has to tell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLynn Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at lower left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Todd Oldham Garage Sale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790316261548,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/1992\/0300\/files\/IMG_7135.jpg?v=1784479044","url":"https:\/\/toddoldhammakershop.com\/products\/blond-lady-with-floating-mouth-featured-in-gallery-exhibit-1991","provider":"Todd Oldham Maker Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}