Mrs. Beckington (Alice Beckington)

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Mrs. Beckington
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Artist Alice Beckington   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Year1913
Dimensions15.2 cm (6.0 in) × 11.4 cm (4.5 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.14.57.2  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Identifiers The Met object ID: 10129

Mrs. Beckington is a 1913 miniature painting in watercolour on ivory by Alice Beckington. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [1]

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Early history and creation

The miniature painting was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1914. [2] The painting was part of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters' 12th annual exhibition. [1]

Description and interpretation

The work depicts Alice Beckington's mother. [1] The artist signed the painting on the front top left. [1]

Influence

The painting was influenced by Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mrs. Beckington". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. Rogers, Jacob S. (1914). "Accessions by Purchase". Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (45): 74–79. JSTOR   40303321.
  3. Barratt, Carrie Rebora; Zabar, Lori (2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN   9781588393579.