Julius Gari Melchers (1860-1932)

The Debutante (Study for 'Portrait of Mrs. Gari Melchers')

Details

Julius Gari Melchers (1860-1932)
The Debutante (Study for 'Portrait of Mrs. Gari Melchers')
signed 'G. Melchers' (upper left)
oil on prepared board
23 x 18 in. (58.4 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Godfrey W. Kauffmann, Washington, D.C., 1931.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1973.

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, November 1930-January 1931

Lot Essay

Executed circa 1906, the present work was the final study for Melchers's imporant work entitled Portrait of Mrs. Gari Melchers in the Detroit Institute of Arts. The setting for the present work was the home of Melchers's fellow artist and friend, George Hitchcock, located in Holland.

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