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The Red Necklace (1913)

John S. Currie

oil on panel

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

The Red Necklace (1913)

Photo credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Panel

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of girl looking down and wearing a green pullover and red necklace, which it keeps hold of with her right hand. Signed, in orange paint: Carline and dated 1913, bottom right

Dimensions:

39 x 31 cm

Accession Number:

1957.FA.58

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1954

Scheme:

Sir Edward Marsh Bequest (1953)

Ownership history:

Bequeathed by Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953) to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 1954

Relationship:

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent Edward 'Eddie' Howard Marsh

Subject:

Portraits, Girls, Jewellery

This is possibly the head of the Irish model Dorothy 'Dolly' Eileen Henry (O'Henry) who the artist murdered in her Chelsea/Hampstead flat and killed himself in 1914, or her cousin Mary who stayed with them in 1913.

The collection that owns this artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

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John S. Currie
The Red Necklace (1913)

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