Accession #79.11.1

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Angelita
  • Artist:Jack Grue, American (b. Russia), 1896-1956
  • Date Created:ca. 1950
  • Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200
  • Frame Dimensions:7 1/2" x 6 1/2"
  • Image Dimensions:3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
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  • Materials/Media:Watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:31 May 2008
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Bust portrait of a woman set in the far lower right of the canvas. The woman is looking towards her right, wearing a dark green head covering that shows her centrally parted black hair. In the background is a church with a two-tiered bell tower to the left.
  • History:Signed LL: Grue. Artist lived and worked in Memphis from 1939 to 1956.
  • Notes:Provenance: Given from a private collector. - Given by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hirsch in memory of Jack Grue Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.