In the context of U.S.A. (painting), discuss the Location history of the Historical information.
It was a display of Harnett's work in a New York saloon that led to his brush with the Secret Service and rapid retreat from currency-themed art. Haberle, however, sold U.S.A. to Marvin Preston, manager of Churchill's Saloon in Detroit, where it hung unmolested. That setting was typical for trompe-l'œil paintings, which tended to have masculine themes like money and hunting trophies and reside in manly places like bars. His grandson, also Marvin Preston, donated it to the Sally Turner Gallery in Plainfield, New Jersey.
Plainfield, New Jersey Detroit trompe-l'œil Secret Service