Seeing The Gross Clinic anew : an Eakins masterpiece restored / produced by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Conservation Department, Audio-Visual Department ; producer, Suzanne P. Penn ; written by Mark S. Tucker, Suzanne P. Penn ; directed by Stephen A. Keever, Suzanne P. Penn ; generously supported by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Penn, Suzanne P., screenwriter, director, editor, narrator, producer.

Keever, Stephen A., director of photography, director.

Tucker, Mark S., screenwriter.

Steele, R. D., narrator.

Buried Beds (Musical group), composer.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, producer, distributor.

Richard C. Von Hess Foundation, producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. Gross Clinic.

Eakins, Thomas.

Art objects--Conservation and restoration.

Art objects.

Fund raising--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Fund raising.

Cultural property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Cultural property.

Painting, American--19th century.

Painting, American.

Painting, Modern--19th century.

Painting, Modern.

Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1805-1884.

Gross, Samuel D.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Sponsored films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (25 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Eakins masterpiece restored

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2010]

Language Note:

Open-captioned for the hearing impaired (SDH).

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, all regions.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

"Painted in 1875, Thomas Eakins's Gross Clinic [also known as Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross] is widely considered to be the greatest American painting of the nineteenth century. It is an icon of American culture both for its artistic merits and its subject: the internationally renowned surgeon Dr. Samuel Gross. This video recounts the dramatic campaign to keep the painting in Philadelphia when Thomas Jefferson University announced its plans to sell the picture in 2006. It also takes a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration of The Gross Clinic at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, detailing the extensive research undertaken by curators and conservators and the resulting important new findings about Eakins's painting techniques and the changes his paintings have undergone over time."--Container.

Participant:

Narrators: R.D. Steele ... [et al.].

Credits:

Camera, Stephen A. Keever; editors, Jennifer Schlegel, Suzanne P. Penn; music, Buried Beds.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the documentary film produced in 2010.

"0810-4619."--Container.

Aspect ratio 16:9.

OCLC:

703236713