Object Details
- Artist
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921
- Luce Center Label
- Abbott Thayer painted this study for a large society portrait of Alice Maude Allen Atwater of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He sketched her from life and focused on the details of her face and her general pose. But in the finished version, which he made in his studio, he lavished attention on the bride's gown of Japanese gold cloth with a Belgian rose-point lace bodice. Years later the dress remained in his mind, but when asked who the bride was, he had trouble remembering. (Prelinger, American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2000)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
- ca. 1895
- Object number
- 1929.6.111
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21 x 17 1/8 in. (53.3 x 43.4 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 8B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Study
- Figure female\full length
- Dress\ceremonial\wedding dress
- Record ID
- saam_1929.6.111
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7037e131b-1eac-4970-85c0-d05faaaf76c1
