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Accession #	2019.2
Artist	Constance P. Beaty
Title	Large Oil Sketch: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Date	ca. 2015-2016
Medium	Oil on linen
Dimensions	42 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (106.7 × 86.4 × 3.8 cm) frame: 44 1/2 × 36 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (113 × 92.7 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line	Gift of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Location	Visible Storage: Case 23, Screen D (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks:  In this painting, Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears with a calm yet determined gaze—perhaps a reflection of her stalwart position supporting gender equality, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ rights. Constance Peck Beaty also painted Ginsburg’s official portrait, which today hangs in the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

A frequent visitor to the Brooklyn Museum as a child, Ginsburg gifted this work to the collection in 2019.