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Inv. n°: CL1646

Portrait of a Lady

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Signed and dated 'S.H. McDowell/1880' (upper right) - signed again with initials 'S.M.EM' (lower right)

46.4 x 41.3 cm
1880
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
  • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, 1968
  • By descent to the previous owner
  • Acquired from Christie's, 19th Century American and Western Art, New York, 2026

Publications

  • S.B. Sherrill, "Current and Coming", Magazines Antiques, vol. CIII, May 1, 1973, p. 834
  • Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851-1938), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1973, pp. 20,22,44
  • American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, San Francisco. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1976, pp. 154-55
  • E.H. Fine, Women & Art: A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, Montclair, New Jersey, 1978, p. 115
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1988, n.p., no.11
  • M. Simpson, The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1994, p. 33
  • "Into the Light: Susan Macdowell Eakins, more than the artist's wife", The Eclectic Light Company, September 27, 2016

Exhibitions

  • Susan Macdowell Eakins, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, May 4, 1973 — June 10, 1973
  • American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, USA, April 17, 1976 — August 15, 1976
  • American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. john D. Rockefeller 3rd, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA, September 16, 1976 — November 7, 1976
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Whashington, USA, April 10, 1987 — April 17, 1988
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, April 10, 1987 — April 17, 1988
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, April 10, 1987 — April 17, 1988
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, San Diego Museum of Arts, San Diego, California, USA, April 10, 1987 — April 17, 1988
  • American Women Artists, 1830-1930, Southern Methodist University, Meadow Museum, Dallas, Texas, USA, April 10, 1987 — April 17, 1988

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