X-radiograph(s) of "Portrait of a Man with a Large Black Hat and Red and White Scarf" Possibly 6 - 48

Curator: X-radiograph of Ingres's "Portrait of a Man..." fascinating! What strikes you about this x-ray? Editor: It's a peek behind the curtain! Seeing the underlayers of a famous painting is like an archeological dig. What can this x-ray tell us? Curator: The film itself is key. It’s a product of industrial technology, used here to reveal the labor and materiality beneath the surface of “high art”. What does it expose about Ingres's process? Editor: Maybe changes he made? It’s so cool how science lets us reconsider the artist's hand. Curator: Precisely! It disrupts notions of the artist as a solitary genius, highlighting the collaborative, material-driven reality of art production and the layers of meaning that consumption obscures. Editor: I never thought about x-rays as art, or as commentary on art. Thanks! Curator: It reframes our understanding of art's creation and consumption. There's always more to see.