Alice Paine
Artist
Helen Bigelow Merriman
(American, 1844–1932)
Date1910s
Mediumcharcoal and/or conté crayon on cream laid paper
Dimensionssight: 54.5 × 39.5 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
framed: 78.9 × 63.6 cm (31 1/16 × 25 1/16 in.)
framed: 78.9 × 63.6 cm (31 1/16 × 25 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Russell F. Bath
Object number2017.4
DescriptionBust-length portrait in black and white. The sitter, Alice Paine, is in her late 30s or early 40s. The background is unmarked, disclosing no evidence of the sitter’s surroundings, and her dress is indicated with sketchy lines. She gazes directly at the viewer with only a slight smile.ProvenanceMarjorie P. Wilson; inherited by Russell Bath, Shrewsbury, MA, by 2016; given to the Worcester Art Museum, 2017.
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