Artist's Biography
See the artist’s biography in volume 4.
Provenance
Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;
Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 94, as Two Children [1];
With D. S. Lavender Limited, London [2];
Purchased by Caroline A. Ross, June 30, 1997;
Bequeathed to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005.
Notes
[1] “Two children, the elder child decorating the younger one’s hat with flowers, both with fair hair and similarly attired in white frocks with blue sashes, woodland and sky background, within a gold frame, the reverse with arrangement of hair, seed pearls and gold thread surrounding the monograms JSW and SW in gold on a blue glass ground, oval 2 7/8 in.; 7.4 cm.” The annotated catalogue lists “700” or “200” below the lot description.
[2] Provenance is according to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s website, https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/78833/portrait-of-two-sisters.
References
Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 25, as Two Children.
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