Vern Blosum does not exist. The story can be told simply in 1961 an artist paints five canvases inspired by pages in a horticulture book then came parking meters water hydrants and animals. Some of them were shown at Leo Castelli Gallery sold to collectors and public institutions included in seminal exhibitions or books on Pop arta seemingly normal progression in an artists career were it not for a rumor that emerged regarding his true identity. Alfred H. Barr the legendary director of MoMA st