John White Alexander American, 1856-1915 Woman in Black (Portrait of Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett), 1893 Signed John W. Alexander and dated 93 (ll); inscribed Portrait by John W. Alexander on the reverse Oil on canvas 75 1/2 x 36 inches Provenance: Emily Montgomery Skinner Bartlett (Mrs. Paul Wayland Bartlett , Rome, Italy Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, acquired from the above Dr. Robert P. Coggins, Marietta, GA Sid Hill, New York Berry-Hill Galleries, New York Exhibited: Paris, Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon of 1894 Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 1894 St. Petersburg, Russia, Exposition internationale artistique de Saint-Pétersbourg, 1901-1902, no. 90 (as Portrait de Mme. B.) Literature Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, American Paintings II, 1983, p. 47, illus. In a letter dated Aug. 31, 1978, Mary Anne Goley wrote, "The Portrait of Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett, also known as Woman in Black, is the painting exhibited on the Champ de Mars at the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1894. This is well documented. However, according to my records, it was never exhibited at the World's Fair, but one year later in 1894 at the Art Institute of Chicago." Emily Montgomery, former wife of the sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett wrote of her portrait in a letter dated January 1, 1938: "I knew all the artists of note in Paris and I was the youngest of the artists' wives so I was rather popular... " She described the portrait as "one of John Alexander's earliest portraits, painted in 1894. Exhibited in the Paris salon the following year, with great success, that same year Mr. Alexander was made 'Hors Concours.' This portrait has been exhibited all over the world in Russia - Italy - the Chicago World Exhibition etc. etc." While her dates are slightly off, her reminiscence of her Parisian sojourn more than forty years earlier sheds a uniquely personal perspective on the close-knit circle of American artists working abroad. C
Wax lined. Scattered light inpaint in the background, including at the edges, and an area about 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 at center left, and strokes to the right of, but not extending into, the hand. The face and figure appear free of inpaint. There appear to be no tears or significant damage.
John White Alexander American, 1856-1915 Woman in Black (Portrait of Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett), 1893 Signed John W. Alexander and dated 93 (ll); inscribed Portrait by John W. Alexander on the reverse Oil on canvas 75 1/2 x 36 inches Provenance: Emily Montgomery Skinner Bartlett (Mrs. Paul Wayland Bartlett , Rome, Italy Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, acquired from the above Dr. Robert P. Coggins, Marietta, GA Sid Hill, New York Berry-Hill Galleries, New York Exhibited: Paris, Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon of 1894 Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 1894 St. Petersburg, Russia, Exposition internationale artistique de Saint-Pétersbourg, 1901-1902, no. 90 (as Portrait de Mme. B.) Literature Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, American Paintings II, 1983, p. 47, illus. In a letter dated Aug. 31, 1978, Mary Anne Goley wrote, "The Portrait of Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett, also known as Woman in Black, is the painting exhibited on the Champ de Mars at the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1894. This is well documented. However, according to my records, it was never exhibited at the World's Fair, but one year later in 1894 at the Art Institute of Chicago." Emily Montgomery, former wife of the sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett wrote of her portrait in a letter dated January 1, 1938: "I knew all the artists of note in Paris and I was the youngest of the artists' wives so I was rather popular... " She described the portrait as "one of John Alexander's earliest portraits, painted in 1894. Exhibited in the Paris salon the following year, with great success, that same year Mr. Alexander was made 'Hors Concours.' This portrait has been exhibited all over the world in Russia - Italy - the Chicago World Exhibition etc. etc." While her dates are slightly off, her reminiscence of her Parisian sojourn more than forty years earlier sheds a uniquely personal perspective on the close-knit circle of American artists working abroad. C
Wax lined. Scattered light inpaint in the background, including at the edges, and an area about 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 at center left, and strokes to the right of, but not extending into, the hand. The face and figure appear free of inpaint. There appear to be no tears or significant damage.
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