Artist:

Martha B. Willson Day, born Providence, RI 1885-died Providence, RI 1983  Search this

Sitter:

Dorothy Nelson  Search this

Medium:

watercolor on ivory

Dimensions:

2 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (5.4 x 4.1 cm) oval

Type:

Painting-Miniature

Date:

ca. 1935

Luce Center Label:

Dorothy Nelson (1912-1958) was the tenth of twelve children born to Norwegian parents. She grew up in Petersham, Massachusetts, where Martha Buttrick Willson Day owned a summer home. Dorothy married George Vaidulas (1911-1994), also from Massachusetts, and the couple had two daughters. She died in 1958 after a battle with leukemia.

Topic:

Portrait female\bust  Search this

History\United States\Massachusetts  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters

Object number:

1965.30.18

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76e829c90-3848-4a2e-bfc5-e076a076c9ab

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1965.30.18