- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
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Provenance
Acquired from the artist November 1924 by the estate of John Quinn [1870-1924], New York; (his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 9-12 February 1927, 3rd day, no. 477, as Girl Reading a Letter); (Joseph Brummer [1883-1947], New York); John Quinn's sister, Julia Quinn Anderson; 1934 to her daughter, Mary Anderson [Mrs. Thomas F.] Conroy; 1970 to her husband, Thomas F. Conroy; acquired by 1975 by private collection; sold 1986 through (Davis & Langdale Company Inc., New York) to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1994 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1975
- Gwen John: A Retrospective Exhibition, Davis & Long Company, New York, 1975, no. 102, repro.
- 1982
- Gwen John: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of John Quinn & Others, Stanford University Museum of Art, California, 1982, no. 8, repro.
Bibliography
- 1987
- Langdale, Cecily. Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings. New Haven and London, 1987: no. 120, pl. 240.
Related Works
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson
- c. 1770/1773
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.94
- • On View
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children
- 1777-1779
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.95
- • On View
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