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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century, watercolor on ivory set in a ring with split pearl border, unframed: 3/8 in. (1 cm), framed: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm) diam., Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.328

Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century

Artist Unknown (American)
Title Eye Miniature
Object Date early 20th century
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Ring with split pearl border
Dimensions Unframed: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Framed: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm) diam.
Credit Line The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr 1961.328

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4306

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1951–1961;

Their gift to Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.

Exhibitions

Year in Review: 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24–November 25, 1962.

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Cleveland Museum of Art, March 26–October 17, 1993.

Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, November 16, 2000–March 18, 2001; Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 6–September 24, 2001.

Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and their Contemporary Relatives, Cleveland Museum of Art, November 10, 2013–February 16, 2014.

References

Dominique Païni and Guy Cogeval, Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences (Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2000), 212.

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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century, watercolor on ivory set in a ring with split pearl border, unframed: 3/8 in. (1 cm), framed: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm) diam., Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.328