Mrs. Beckington | |
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Artist | Alice Beckington |
Year | 1913 |
Dimensions | 15.2 cm (6.0 in) × 11.4 cm (4.5 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 14.57.2 |
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]
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]
The work depicts Alice Beckington's mother. [1] The artist signed the painting on the front top left. [1]
The painting was influenced by Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. [3]
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