National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee
Portrait #381
Subject/Title: Unknown Lady W51
Artist:Strean, Maria Judson
Date Created:ca. 1900
Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN
Frame Dimensions:NA
Image Dimensions:3.75 x 2.75
Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:
Condition:Excellent
Description:Oval bust-length nearly full frontal of a young woman with auburn hair, pulled loosely up and back. Her eyes are light colored and she wears a blue jacket over a high-necked white blouse. The overall effect is a very soft, painterly, almost impressionistic treatment.
History:Exhibited Cheekwood 1995; Huntsville 1996; Gibbes 2000

Illus. Huntsville catalog.
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