$4,740
Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942) Francesca with a Kitten , 1897 Monogram signature "CB" l. l. Charcoal on paper, sheet size 14 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (37.2 x 23.5 cm), framed. Condition: Mended tears to the corners, cloth tape hinged to backing mat recto, unobtrusive toning and acid burn. N.B. Francesca Gilder Palmer was the daughter of Richard Watson Gilder, an editor of The Century Magazine , as well as a friend and patron of Beaux. Francesca is perhaps best known by her portrait with her older sister Dorothea in The Dancing Lesson , 1898, held in The Art Institute of Chicago permanent collection. Provenance: By descent through the family of the sitter. Literature: Tara Leigh Tappert, Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture , Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, pp. 50-51 (illus. pl. 22). Exhibitions: Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture, The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, October 6, 1995 to January 28, 1996, exh. no. 69.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-01-29
