Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

1886

Robert William Vonnoh

Associated Names
Robert William Vonnoh

Artist, American, 1858 - 1933

The image is a sketch of a young child's head and shoulders. The child is facing the viewer with a direct gaze. The sketch captures the child's facial features, including rounded cheeks, a small nose, slightly parted lips, and straight hair falling to shoulder length with bangs. The child appears to be wearing some type of garment, indicated by faint outlines around the shoulders. The background is minimal, focusing primarily on the child. No jewelry or objects are included in the sketch.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bessie Potter Vonnoh Keyes (wife of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 120, no. 798.

Watermarks

Old / Berkshire / Mills

Wikidata ID

Q64629287

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