John Smart, Potrait of a Man, 1775, watercolor on paper mounted under glass in a copper alloy pendant case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, and pearls on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (6.7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.8

John Smart, Portrait of a Man, 1775

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of a Man
Object Date 1775
Medium Watercolor on paper
Setting Copper alloy pendant case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, and pearls on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass
Dimensions 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (6.7 x 4.4 x .6 cm)
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.8

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4546

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

With the Art Trading Company, New York, 1946 [1];

Purchased from the Art Trading Company by Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1946–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, August 7, 1958.

Notes

[1] As recorded in the deed of gift and the Philbrook Museum of Art object file. The Art Trading Company and Snyderman Gallery marketed themselves using both names at the same address and were likely managed by the same person, I. Snyderman. They advertised miniatures, as well as gold and enameled boxes, in The Art News and also specified in the phone book that they sold coins. The Starrs mention both the Art Trading Company and “Snyderman’s” in the provenance records for their collection. They list this miniature as being purchased from the Art Trading Company.

References

The Art News 37, no. 4 (May 27, 1939): 28.

Manhattan Telephone Directory 1959–1960 (New York: New York Telephone Company, 1959).

The Philbrook Museum of Art: A Handbook to the Collections (Tulsa: Philbrook Museum of Art, 1991), 24.

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John Smart, Potrait of a Man, 1775, watercolor on paper mounted under glass in a copper alloy pendant case; decorative element comprised of hair, gold, and pearls on a foil base inset into reverse and mounted under glass, 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (6.7 x 4.4 x .6 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.8