“Flying Eagle Coin Shop-Study” oil painting in a Philly hospital

airplanenut

I was walking through a Philly hospital today for a visit (not a fun day, but everything will be okay) and they had a wall of paintings of various sizes. This little one caught my eye. I’m guessing it’s a shop from the Philly area, and since the painting is 42 years old and a quick search didn’t turn anything up, I’m also guessing it’s long gone.

Tonedeaf

Sorry to hear about the hospital visit, I hope everything is ok.
That's a nice painting.

gumby1234

Could be a fictional place? Good to hear no serious health issues.

Lakesammman

I like it, especially the shadows of the fire escape on the wall.

Smudge

Good name for a coin shop.

airplanenut

And look at that… just bought the flying eagle cent that’s been on my want list for a long while 🙂

To clarify: yes serious, yes under control and everything will be okay, no it’s not me.

The_Dinosaur_Man

That's a really neat name. If it isn't real anymore, I hope someone takes it up for their own shop.

mtn_scout

Looking at the Newman portal it seems that there was a shop with the same name in 1960s (unknown location) and in 1974 it was located in Lawrence, MA.

jdimmick

cool painting to hang in the shop

291fifth

It looks like a photo realist painting and the 1981 date puts it right into the era when that style was popular. I suspect coin shop did exist as most photo realist work from that era tried to be as accurate as possible. The artist may still be living. Try to contact him and see what he remembers about the subject of the painting.

airplanenut

@291fifth said:
It looks like a photo realist painting and the 1981 date puts it right into the era when that style was popular. I suspect coin shop did exist as most photo realist work from that era tried to be as accurate as possible. The artist may still be living. Try to contact him and see what he remembers about the subject of the painting.

Great idea. His website was easy to find and I just sent him an email. I’ll post if I hear back. https://www.edbordett.com/

emeraldATV

Here's a shot in the dark.
Being from Philly and when I saw the painting, one location rang true.
On The University of Penn campus there's a starbucks and damm if it don't look spot on.
Look it up.

Twobitcollector

Maybe 34th & Walnut

emeraldATV

Sounds like you found it.
Now google the building. It's just a feeling I got.
I'll crap if it's one in the same.

1630Boston

here's another Ed Bordett painting

1630Boston

@Lakesammman said:
I like it, especially the shadows of the fire escape on the wall.

You saw what the painter wanted you to see
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ART
The spirit of Bordett’s current work can be traced back to his arrival in Roanoke where he was first drawn to the city market. There he found himself seduced by the vibrance, energy, and constantly shifting visuals of the market and the city that surrounded it. Bordett became artistically invested in the geometric aspects of the architecture, subtle reflections of light on shop windows, the colors of produce and flowers, complex interplay of shadows thrown by fire escapes, and the movement of figures as they made their way through the streets.

Over the span of his career Bordett has traveled extensively both nationally and internationally and along the way taken the his unique sensibility and interest in the urban and rural vernacular first established in Roanoke. In New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Venice, and many small towns and villages he continues to find the same vibrance of setting and energy of life but with increased scale and depth.

Play is also a large part of Bordett’s practice. He often finds himself deviating from the rigidity of rendering realistic streets scenes and figures to abstraction, portraiture, and carnivalesque signage. Through it all Bordett maintains a deeply ingrained desire to pause and find beauty in the everyday whether its a hot dog stand or a panorama overlooking his small town home in the depths of winter. Bordett says, “You may walk by a fire escape everyday and hardly notice it, but perhaps my interpretation can cast it in a transformative way, and rather than being an unremarkable piece of infrastructure it can become beautiful.”
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https://www.edbordett.com/contact

emeraldATV

I'm guessing that the image above and through the sign, on the left, isn't the artist's mark.
No matter.
I'm a Wyatt type of person.

DCW

I'm just bown away that 1981 is...42 years ago.

ricko

Certainly a talented artist, and his ability to capture such detail is amazing - almost photographic. Cheers, RickO

winesteven

@291fifth said:
It looks like a photo realist painting and the 1981 date puts it right into the era when that style was popular. I suspect coin shop did exist as most photo realist work from that era tried to be as accurate as possible. The artist may still be living. Try to contact him and see what he remembers about the subject of the painting.

That style is still popular today, and has even had a slight resurgence- just look at any issue of the bi-monthly Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine! (Yes, in addition to coins and fine wine, art is also a hobby of mine).

Steve

MrEureka

Google makes things too easy:

https://obituaries.hgazette.com/obituary/william-daly-772606621

airplanenut

I heard back from the artist:

“If my memory serves me correctly, the shop was located in Roanoke, Virginia on an area, called the city market, and I believe it might be first Street. At that point it was a pretty gritty area.
It’s interesting that that is where this painting has landed. Thank you for commenting on it Ed“

Once I’m at a computer I’ll see if I can virtually drive around that area with google maps and turn something up. Of course, if the building is no longer there, good luck…

1630Boston

@airplanenut said:
I heard back from the artist:

Once I’m at a computer I’ll see if I can virtually drive around that area with google maps and turn something up. Of course, if the building is no longer there, good luck…

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could this be it, I think so
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1630Boston

May - 2018
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winesteven

Apparently the quality of "Detective-work" among our members is phenomenal!

I suggest keeping an eye on openings in the FBI.

Steve

Namvet69

All the contributions make this an enjoyable thing. Love CU. Peace Roy

Catbert

Kind of reminds me of the artist Edward Hopper of whom I like!

airplanenut

@1630Boston said:

@airplanenut said:
I heard back from the artist:

Once I’m at a computer I’ll see if I can virtually drive around that area with google maps and turn something up. Of course, if the building is no longer there, good luck…

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could this be it, I think so
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@1630Boston said:
May - 2018
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That’s got to be it!