Girl Arranging Her Hair
1918-1919
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65.1 × 61.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-128313
Alma Wollerman Thayer was the wife of Abbott Thayer's son, Gerald, and mother of Thayer's grandchildren. She was one of his favorite models, and he spoke of his obsession with her sensual features. He created multiple versions of this composition, but claimed that he had never painted anything to compare with this Botticelli-like Alma head (Prelinger, American Impressionism: Treasures from the Sm…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Registry history
- 1918-1919 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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