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Study for Butterfly Chaser, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Benton, Thomas Hart 1889-1975  Search this
Subject:
Benton, Jessie  Search this
Medium:
Oil on board
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Jordan-Volpe Gallery 457 West Broadway New York New York 10012
Date:
Ca. 1951
Notes:
"American Selections," New York: Jordan-Volpe Gallery, 1992, pg. 8.
Summary:
View looking across a lush green wooded area with a lone shoe in the foreground and a tiny figure of the artist's daughter Jessie chasing a butterfly on a distant hillside near the family's home on Martha's Vineyard.
Topic:
Landscape--Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard  Search this
Portrait female--Child  Search this
Figure female--Child  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68020079
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_378924