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(American, 1900–1984)
1932
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 62.2 x 71.1 cm (24 1/2 x 28 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Lee
Accession number2015.3330
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance1932 until 1984, the artist, Alice Neel (b. 1900 - d. 1984); 1984, passed to the artist's estate. By 1991, Robert Miller Gallery, New York; 1995, sold by Robert Miller Gallery to a private collection, Europe; until at least 2000, remained in this private collection [see note]. 2007, sold by Cheim & Read (gallery), New York, to Barbara Lee, Cambridge, MA; 2015, year-end gift of Barbara Lee to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2016)

NOTE: See Ann Temkin, ed., Alice Neel (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000).
Copyright© The Estate of Alice Neel Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London