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The Black Lace Dress (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
The Black Lace Dress (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)

The Black Lace Dress (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)

Artist Julian Alden Weir American, 1852–1919
Date1885
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsheight and width: 36 1/8 × 29 1/8 in. (91.8 × 74 cm)
frame: 49 3/4 × 42 3/4 × 5 in. (126.4 × 108.6 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight
Object number2016.20
On View
On view
Provenance**Created United States, 1885; collection of the artist; to daughter, Caroline Weir [1] Ely (1884–1973), Old Lyme, CT, 1919; to daughter, Anna Weir Ely [2] Smith (d. 1998), 1973; to daughter, Carol Bick Smith, 1998; [Debra Force Fine Art, New York, 2015]; sold to NCMA, 2016.

[1] Mrs. George Page
[2] Mrs. Gregory
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