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Portrait
#1548
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Subject/Title:
| Collier, Carmine (self-portrait) |
| Artist: | Collier, Carmine |
| Date Created: | 1888 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
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| Image Dimensions: | 16 1/2 Oval |
| Materials/Media: | Oil |
| Date Documented: |
27 June 2008 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Bust-length of young curly-haired girl facing straight ahead and looking at viewer. Her off-the-shoulder top has a filmy lace ruffle, and her expression is very serious. |
| History of Work: | Self-portrait painted from photograph of subject at age 2. Painted a the artist's home at 511 East Main Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. |
| Notes: | Lived from 1872-1954 in Murfreesboro. Daughter of Murfressboro Mayor, Ingram Balanker Collier III and wife Louisian Jones Collier. Carmine Collier became known as the wealthiest woman in Murfreesboro.
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