Miss Whiting
George Copeland Ault
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1923
DIMENSIONS
sight: 23 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (59.7 × 44.5 cm)
frame: 30 3/8 × 24 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (77.2 × 61.9 × 4.8 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed upper right: "GC Ault 23"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2007.29
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Manhattan Art Investments, LP
PROVENANCE
1948, inherited from the artist by Louise Jonas Ault; ca. 1975, acquired from Louise Jonas Ault by Manhattan Art Investments; 2007, gift of Manhattan Art Investments to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
George Copeland Ault (American, 1891–1948). Miss Whiting, 1923. Oil on canvas, sight: 23 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (59.7 × 44.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Manhattan Art Investments, LP, 2007.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.29_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
profile, 2007.29_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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