Lot 595
  • 595

KATE PERUGINI | What Will Tomorrow Be?

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Kate Perugini
  • What Will Tomorrow Be?
  • signed KPerugini and dated 1879 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 23 1/4 in.
  • 81.3 by 59 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York (acquired circa 1965)
Thence by descent 

Condition

Canvas is not lined. Surface is in generally good condition. There is faint craquelure throughout and it is slightly dusty. Excellent pigment retention. Under UV: A few scattered spots of inpainting along the upper edge and signs of selective cleaning around the face. Remainder of canvas under thin, drippy older varnish.
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Catalogue Note

Kate Perugini was the daughter of Charles Dickens, wife to artist Charles Edward Perugini, model to Sir John Everett Millais, and an accomplished artist (see lot 593).  Perugini exhibited widely including at the Woman’s Building, built for the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.  The result of women petitioning for an official place in the planning and exhibitions of the fair, and with an organizing board of 117 “lady managers”, The Woman’s Building featured exhibits of works by women across fields from art, music, and science.