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Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, late 19th century, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a metal case; silk fabric inset into reverse, 3 1/8 x 1/4 in. (8 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.10

Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, late 19th century

Artist Unknown (French)
Title Portrait of a Woman
Object Date late 19th century
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Metal case; silk fabric inset into reverse
Dimensions 3 1/8 x 1/4 in. (8 x .6 cm)
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.10

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4568

Provenance

Miss Jackson’s, Tulsa, OK, by 1938 [1];

Purchased from Miss Jackson’s by Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1938–August 7, 1958;

Their gift, through the Starr Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO, to the Philbrook Art Center, now Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1958.

Notes:

[1] As recorded in the deed of gift and the Philbrook Museum of Art object file. Founded by Nelle Shields Jackson (1872–1966), Miss Jackson’s (1910–2015) was a high-end fashion and luxury gift store in Tulsa. While the retailer later moved to Utica Square in 1938, the elegant Miss Jackson’s was famously the first tenant in the Philtower Building, which was built by Waite Phillips, uncle of Martha Jane Starr. For the Philtower, Phillips contracted with architect Edward Buehler Delk, who also designed the Phillips family home, Villa Philbrook, which would become the Philbrook Museum of Art.

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Unknown, Portrait of a Woman, late 19th century, watercolor on ivory mounted under glass in a metal case; silk fabric inset into reverse, 3 1/8 x 1/4 in. (8 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.10