Portrait #149

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Mayes, Mary Porter
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington B.
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:38 x 32
  • Image Dimensions:28 x 23
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:7/7/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Waist-length three-quarter oval of a woman in a white off-the-shoulder dress with a white roll of chiffon-like fabric below the bust. Her wavy dark brown hair is pulled back and up and a wisp trails on her left forehead. Her lips are noticeably red and her eyes brown. The composition has an overall soft, romantic quality.
  • Notes:Subject married Samuel Fulton Mayes.