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Circle of Thomas Eakins, American 1844-1916- Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a hat and...
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Circle of Thomas Eakins,
American 1844-1916-
Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a hat and...
Starting Bid: £1,400
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
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Lot 450
Description
Circle of Thomas Eakins,
American 1844-1916-
Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a hat and a pince-nez, holding gloves and a walking stick, and leaning on a table with books;
oil on canvas, 71.2 x 56.2 cm.
Note:
The present work recalls Eakins' evocative portraits, often characterised by a sharp contrast between the well-lit faces of the sitters, set against a dark, plain background, such as in his portrait of Mrs Anna Kershaw, which sold at Sotheby's, New York, on 5 December 2015, lot 50, and in another portrait of Mrs Mary Arthur in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York [65.83]. The corsage worn by the lady likely represents the suffragette colours of purple, green and white.
An attribution to the British painter Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958) has also been suggested.
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