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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Memphis, Tennessee | ||
Accession #68.11.5  |
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| Subject/Title: | Godfriede | |
| Artist: | Carl Gutherz, American (b. Switzerland), 1844-1907 |
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| Date Created: | 1895 | |
| Owner/Location: | Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200 |
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| Frame Dimensions: | 41 1/2" x 34" | |
| Image Dimensions: | 39 1/8" x 32 1/8" | |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas | |
| Date Documented: | 31 May 2008 | |
| Condition: | Good | |
| Description: | Full length portrait of a seated young girl with a pillow to her right. She is resting her head on her proper right arm and her left hand holds a book on her lap. She is wearing a white lace dress with a sky blue sash around her waist and in her pulled back hair. |
| History of Work: | Signed: LL: Carl Gutherz, Paris 1895 to his child Godfriede. Artist lived and worked in Memphis ca. 1860-1875. Portrait is of the artist's daughter painted while the artist lived and worked in Paris. |
| Notes: | Provenance: Gift of the artist's son. - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart
Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only. |