Portrait #261

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown woman with red necklace
  • Artist:Potter, Bertha Herbert 1895-1944
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:27.5 x 23
  • Image Dimensions:19.5 x 15
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/26/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Bust-length of a dark-haired woman in dramatically colored dress: bold patterns of red, tan, black, and green. She also has a colorful (blue, tan, & more) scarf (?) on her head. Her cheeks are rouged, her lips bright red. She is wearing a carnelian red double strand necklace with a gold clasp at her throat.
  • History:Featured in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Spring 2002 Volume, p. 26. Owner also suggested to check with Cheekwood for exhibition history there.