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)
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 viewProvenance**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
[1] Mrs. George Page
[2] Mrs. Gregory
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