Artist's Biography
See the artist’s biography in volume 4.
Provenance
Purchased from “Paine” in 1957 [1];
Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;
Their gift to the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1958 [2];
Retrieved by Mr. John W. and Mrs. Martha Jane Starr, by 1972;
Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 82, as A Young Child [3];
Current location unknown.
Notes
[1] This is according to object records from the Philbrook Museum of Art.
[2] The miniature, 1958.17.3, was originally attributed to George Engleheart.
[3] “A young child with curling fair hair and wearing a white dress with a frilled collar and broad blue sash, cloud and sky background, mounted within a gold slide frame, oval 2 1/8in. 5.3cm.” The annotated catalogue lists “900” below the lot description.
References
Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 22, as A Young Child.
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