Blind Spanish Singer
1912
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 104 × 84 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137031
Robert Henri and his wife, Linda, made their first trip to Spain in 1900. They spent six weeks in Madrid, where Henri lingered at the Prado copying paintings by Velázquez. He traveled to Spain several times over the next few years, painting people from all walks of life with the directness that he had learned as a newspaper illustrator. Among his subjects were two blind street singers, who played…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. J.H. Smith
Registry history
- 1912 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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