Little Girl

Eda Nemoede Casterton, Little Girl, ca. 1920, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters, 1965.30.17
Eda Nemoede Casterton, Little Girl, ca. 1920, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters, 1965.30.17

Artwork Details

Title
Little Girl
Artist
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — unidentified — bust
  • Portrait female — unidentified — child
Object Number
1965.30.17
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.30.17

Artwork Description

This portrait may be the piece titled Mary Beth that Eda Nemoede Casterton exhibited in Brooklyn in 1926. A critic described it as a “portrait of a little child whose yellow frock is off the shoulders in the fashion of the sixties, showing her baby neck in soft flesh tones.” The “sixties” probably refers to the 1860s.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Elijah Pierce, Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1972, carved, painted and varnished wood with glitter mounted on painted corrugated cardboard with paper collage, painted stones and glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.260
Christ Carrying the Cross
Artist
Dateca. 1972
carved, painted and varnished wood with glitter mounted on painted corrugated cardboard with paper collage, painted stones and glitter
On view
Elijah Pierce, Peace with Honor, 1973, painted wood, glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David L. Davies, 1992.37.4
Peace with Honor
Artist
Date1973
painted wood, glitter
Not on view
Elijah Pierce, Elephant, ca. 1978, painted and carved wood, pebbles, plastic, and rhinestone, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.60
Elephant
Artist
Dateca. 1978
painted and carved wood, pebbles, plastic, and rhinestone
Not on view
Elijah Pierce, Your Life Is a Book and Every Day Is a Page, 1973, carved and painted wood with glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.261
Your Life Is a Book and Every Day Is a Page
Artist
Date1973
carved and painted wood with glitter
Not on view