Edmund Charles Tarbell

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1926

Washington, DC, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, April 4 - May 16, 1926, no. 87, illustrated
Cincinnati Art Museum, The Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition of American Art, May 29 - July 31, 1926. no. 1, illustrated
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Twenty Fifth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, October 14 - December 5, 1926, no. 19
Guild of Boston Artists, Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell, January 24 - February 5, 1927, no. 10

American Federation of Arts, American Art Annual, vol. 24, Washington DC, 1928, p. 219
Patricia Jobe Pierce, Edmund C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Paintings, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1980, p. 190

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition, generally; a few tiny spots of loss (look white)--lower center in 2 places and along edges UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: hard to see through dark pigments--there are a small repaints on subjects face and a bit to the right in background
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