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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas

National Portrait Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Sir Francis Cyril Rose, 1909 - 1979
Sitter
Gertrude Stein, 3 Feb 1874 - 27 Jul 1946
Alice Babette Toklas, 30 Apr 1877 - 7 Mar 1967
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Isabel Wilder
1939
Object number
NPG.91.175
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Drawing
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 49.2 x 64.5 cm (19 3/8 x 25 3/8")
Mat: 66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36")
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location
Currently not on view
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Artwork
Architecture\Window
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Bouquet
Interior\Domestic
Nature & Environment\Animal\Dog
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Sofa
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Rocking chair
Alice Babette Toklas: Female
Alice Babette Toklas: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Alice Babette Toklas: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Gertrude Stein: Female
Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Patron of the arts
Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Librettist
Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Art collector
Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.91.175
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4fdfdbc0b-561c-40e1-9608-89a8f507ecf5

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