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Actress in Red before Mirror, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Shinn, Everett 1876-1953  Search this
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Chattanooga Tennessee 37403
Date:
Ca. 1910
Notes:
Henning, William T., Jr., "A Catalogue of the American Collection: Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee," Chattanooga: Hunter Museum of Art, 1985.
Image on file.
Henning, William T., Jr., "A Catalogue of the American Collection: Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee," Chattanooga: Hunter Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 108.
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Summary:
An actress stands in front of a full length mirror in her dressing room. She is turned away from the mirror, looking into a small mirror that she holds in her proper left hand. She is reflected in the large mirror, as is the figure of another woman who does not otherwise appear in the painting.
Topic:
Performing Arts--Theater--Performer  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Architecture interior--Civic--Theater  Search this
Object--Furniture--Mirror  Search this
Control number:
IAP 48850049
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_306049