John White Alexander (1856-1915)

The Green Gown

Details

John White Alexander (1856-1915)
The Green Gown
signed with initials 'JWA' lower left
oil on canvas
40¼ x 22½in. (102.2 x 54.6cm.)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
James Graham & Sons, Inc., New York

Literature

J.C. Van Dyke, American Painting and Its Tradition, New York, 1919, p. 229 , 231

Exhibited

New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1904
New York, Arden Gallery, Exhibition of Selected Works by the Late John White Alexander, November-December 1915, no. 23
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, March 1916, no. 49
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late John White Alexander, November 1916, no. 25
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Institute, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, Februrary 1917, no. 56
Colorado Springs, Colorado, The Colorado Springs Art Society, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John White Alexander, May 1917, no. 22
Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery, The John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, October 1917, no. 20

Lot Essay

The sitter is most probably Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, whose husband, Harry K. Thaw, shot Stanford White. This portrait, painted circa 1904, has a pendant which was in the collection of Mrs. William Thaw, Evelyn's mother-in-law. The sitter is also the subject of Alexander's Study in Black and Green of 1906 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).