Perdita

Elsie Motz Lowdon, Perdita, 1915, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.1
Elsie Motz Lowdon, Perdita, 1915, watercolor on ivory, sight 5 x 7 1⁄4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.1

Artwork Details

Title
Perdita
Artist
Date
1915
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 5 x 7 1⁄4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice L. McGowan
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — full length
  • Object — art object — painting
Object Number
1984.12.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.12.1

Artwork Description

This miniature was also exhibited under the titles Repose and White on White. It was exhibited in Dallas at the Texas State Fair in 1915, at the National Academy of Design in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was also reproduced in an article in Vanity Fair describing the revival of miniature painting in America.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Elsie Motz Lowdon, Uncle William, ca. 1927, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.4
Uncle William
Artist
Dateca. 1927
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Elsie Motz Lowdon, Perdita, 1915, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.1
Perdita
Artist
Date1915
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Elsie Motz Lowdon, Marjorie Staiars, 1923, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.3
Marjorie Staiars
Artist
Date1923
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Elsie Motz Lowdon, Nude with Goldfish, ca. 1916, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.2
Nude with Goldfish
Artist
Dateca. 1916
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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