Details
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Betty Reynolds
inscribed by another hand 'Thomas Eakins' (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1903.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charles Bregler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1961.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1966.
Gift to the present owner from the above.
Literature
A. Burroughs, "Catalogue of Work by Thomas Eakins (1869-1916)," The Arts, June 1924, p. 332.
H.G. Marceau, "Catalogue of Works by Thomas Eakins," Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, March 1930, n.p., no. 230.
L. Goodrich, Thomas Eakins, His Life and Work, New York, 1933, n.p., no. 386.
S. Schendler, Eakins, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967, p. 268, pl. 146, illustrated.
G. Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, p. 323, no. 92, illustrated.
P.D. Rosenzweig, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1977, p. 186, no. 102, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., and elsewhere, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Eakins, 1844-1944, June 5-July 31, 1944, no. 67.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Thomas Eakins Centennial Exhibition, 1844-1944, April 26-June 1, 1945, no. 41.
New York, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and elsewhere, Thomas Eakins 1844-1916, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, January 16-February 16, 1958, no. 59.
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