Crystal Bridges’ annual I ♥ Art Family Day was this past Sunday (right on Valentine’s Day this year), and we asked our guests to vote for their favorite artworks by laying a paper heart on the gallery floor next to the works they LOVE the most. At the end of the day, we tallied up the votes to determine which artwork is the family sweetheart. Here are the top five:
#5: Depression Bread Line by George Segal

George Segal, 1994 – 2000
Depression Bread Line, 1991
Plaster, wood, metal, and acrylic paint

Tom Uttech (1942- )
“Enassamishhinjijweian,” 2009
Oil on linen
#4: Enassamishhinjijweian by Tom Uttech
#3: Antarctica by Richard Estes

Richard Estes (b. 1932)
Antarctica, 2007
Oil on canvas

William Trost Richards (1833-1905)
Along the Shore, 1903
Oil on canvas
Along the Shore, by William Trost Richards
Old Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be. Variation #2 by Evan Penny

Evan Penny
“Old Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be, Variation #2” (detail), 2010
silicone, pigment, hair, fabric, and aluminum

William Trost Richards (1833-1905)
Landscape, ca. 1862
Oil on canvas
and the #1 favorite for I ♥ Art 2016: Landscape by William Trost Richards