The Figurine illustrates the vogue for Asian decorative wares that informed American collecting tastes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Here, a Chinese blue-and-white jar is shown alongside a Chinese figurine; a maid delicately cleans the glass encasing the figurine. Paxton’s compositions often portray women in beautiful interiors. The light source from the left highlighting the woman’s rosy complexion, combined with the sensitive attention to detail, recall the works of the seventeenth-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
- Title
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The Figurine
- Artist
- Date
- 1921
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 18 1⁄8 x 15 in. (45.9 x 38.2 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Figure female – waist length
- Object – other – vase
- Object – art object – sculpture
- Architecture Interior – domestic – living room
- Object Number
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1951.10.8
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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