Ruth Carter Stevenson explores "The Narrows from Staten Island" in this week’s Masterpiece Memory
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About Masterpiece Memories:
Our new series showcases vintage footage from the vaults that unlocks untold stories about the iconic works from our collection! These recently rediscovered videos reveal rarely known details about some of the highlights and fan favorites from the Carter’s collection, all told to you from our founder herself, Ruth Carter Stevenson (1923–2013). Filmed in 2006, Stevenson reflects on how many of the masterworks came to be part of the Carter’s collection and shares her memories of how the Museum grew to become one of the best museums of American art in the country.
