PORTRAIT OF ADELAIDE AND ELEANOR CLOSE
Creator(s): Pierre Tartoué (Painter)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
Painting is a double portrait of Adelaide and Eleanor Close shown as small girls. They are seen full length, facing forward. Both are seated on the grass and are wearing pink dresses. There is a landscape setting with trees to the sides and a small hill in the back. A white longhaired dog is lying down at the lower left with paws in front. Eleanor is seated at the left, and holds a bunch of flowers in her lap. Adelaide is seated at the right, and holds a gray rabbit with her left hand. Both wear large pink bows in their hair. Their pink short-sleeved dresses have ruffled hems and they wear pink shoes to match.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF ADELAIDE AND ELEANOR CLOSE
- Made from:
- Pastel on paper -- gilt wood (frame)
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1915
- Size:
- 145.4 × 125.1 cm (57 1/4 × 49 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 52.20
- Class:
- DRAWING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE P. Tartoue [Lower right in turqouise pastel]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973