Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
50 x 30 in. (canvas) 57 x 37-1/2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed and dated, lower right: Mary Green Blumenschein 1912
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Sally Reahard
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Estate of Louisa Fletcher Connely [1878-1957], Providence, Rhode Island; purchased by Robert A. Hart, Barrington, Rhode Island in 1957; by descent to Paul Darling in 1989; purchased by (Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York) in 1995; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1996.
Gallery Labels
- Using her posture and eye contact to draw the viewer into the painting, Louisa Fletcher models confidently in a glamorous empire-cut gown for her friend, the artist Mary Blumenschein.
- The deftly rendered textures, subtle color gradations, and strong sense of personality reflect Blumenschein's skill as a portraitist.
- Indianapolis-born Fletcher was recently divorced from the well-known author Booth Tarkington when she posed for this portriat. The former couple had befriended Blumenschein and her husband Ernest, also an artist, while living in Paris.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Seventeenth Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
April 24, 1913 - June 30, 1913
79th Annual Exhibition
Boston Art Club
1913 - 1913
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