Object Details
Artist
Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921
Luce Center Label
Abbott Thayer painted this study for a large society portrait of Alice Maude Allen Atwater of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He sketched her from life and focused on the details of her face and her general pose. But in the finished version, which he made in his studio, he lavished attention on the bride's gown of Japanese gold cloth with a Belgian rose-point lace bodice. Years later the dress remained in his mind, but when asked who the bride was, he had trouble remembering. (Prelinger, American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2000)
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Date
ca. 1895
Object number
1929.6.111
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 x 17 1/8 in. (53.3 x 43.4 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 9A
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Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Study
Figure female\full length
Dress\ceremonial\wedding dress
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1929.6.111