Mixed Flowers in a Glass Bowl

Artist Julia McEntee Dillon American, 1834–1919

Dateprobably early 20th century

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions21 13/16 × 29 13/16 in. (55.4 × 75.7 cm)
Frame: 29 × 37 1/8 in. (73.7 × 94.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Curtis Cook in memory of Winterton C. Curtis

Object number2020.15

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Provenance**Created New York or Kingston, NY, probably early 20th century [1] [2]; collection of the artist; her sister, Anna McEntee (Mrs. Frederick O.) Norton (1848–1934), Kingston, NY; her nephew Prof. Winterton Conway Curtis (1875–1966), Columbia, MO; (bequeathed?) to his son, Dr. William Dwight Curtis (1905–1981), Bethesda, MD, 1966?; bequeathed to daughter Elizabeth Anne Curtis (Mrs. Joseph) Cook, Hastings-on Hudson, NY, and later Pittsboro, NC, n.d.; given to NCMA, 2020.

[1] Provenance provided by donor.

[2] The original metal stretcher keys bear the patent date of 1885, providing a terminus post quem. The painting appears in a photograph of Dillon’s Kingston studio (see Levy, pl.33), reportedly dated the early 20th century.

Published ReferencesSanford A. Levy, Julia McEntee Dillon (exhibition catalogue) (Kingston, NY: The Friends of Historic Kingston, 2005), illus. in photograph of artist’s studio, pl. 33.

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