LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.39 in. (64.50 cm.) (height) by 25.39 in. (64.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

monogrammed 'Fs' l.r., identified on labels from Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, and the Museum of Art, Rhode Island school of Design, Providence, affixed to the frame backing

Condition:

framed, lined, new stretcher, retouch, scattered areas of craquelure

Provenance:

A Rhode Island estate. Exhibitions: 1900 to Now, Modern Art from Rhode Island Collections, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, January 22-May 1,1988, illustrated p. 63 of exhibition catalog. N.B. Florine Stettheimer is an artist's artist, a painter, designer, and poet. Born in Rochester, New York, into a wealthy, intellectual German banking family, Florine spent her childhood in Europe. She studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1892 to 1895, then returned to Europe where she lived with her mother, Rosetta, and two sisters (Caroline and Henrietta) until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Financially independent, Florine Stettheimer did not need to sell her works