Rarely do people acknowledge or question the authenticity of those “donor paintings” they see around college campuses. I decided to paint the portrait of a man who donated nothing to NYU and hang it in Tisch Hall in NYU’s Stern school of Business.

I did a google image search for “peter old man” and found the perfect face: Mr. Georgescu, CEO of advertising agency Young & Rubicam. This is me painting him in my dorm basement.

This is Tisch hall on a typical school day.

Here it is... supported by a Command hook, complete with a plaque and gold frame. (I had a friend distract the security guard while hanging it up in the lower level lobby.)

It remained on the wall for three weeks. If you have any information about this painting please contact me.

March 2008

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