​The exhibition Jamie Wyeth, The JFK Studies is on view in The Waldo’s gallery before each performance of An Addition of One, with framed prints of Wyeth’s original studies for the portrait. None of the studies has been displayed more than once, and some have never been shown at all.

 

Jamie Wyeth completed the oil on canvas Portrait of John F. Kennedy in 1967. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acquired the artwork in 2014.
 

AN ADDITION OF ONE

Created and performed by Shannon A. Mullen

 

​November 7 - 22

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An Addition of One is Shannon A. Mullen’s one-woman show created from her own extensive research and conversations with Jamie Wyeth. Mullen, a playwright, screenwriter, author, and journalist for such outlets as NPR, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, plays both Wyeth and Kennedy as they talk about family, fallibility, and the role of unflinching art.

 

Wyeth was in his early 20s when he turned down the official commission and painted President Kennedy on his own terms. The portrait was so controversial it drew thousands of angry letters. Today it is considered an iconic masterpiece and hangs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

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Learn more about An Addition of One.