Marjorie Staiars

Elsie Motz Lowdon, Marjorie Staiars, 1923, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.3
Elsie Motz Lowdon, Marjorie Staiars, 1923, watercolor on ivory, sight 4 1⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (10.5 x 14.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.3

Artwork Details

Title
Marjorie Staiars
Artist
Date
1923
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 4 1⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice L. McGowan
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — child
  • Portrait female — Staiars, Marjorie — knee length
Object Number
1984.12.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.12.3

Artwork Description

Marjorie Staiars married John Harrah Wood of Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1933. This miniature was painted ten years earlier, when Staiars was clearly in her teens.

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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Artist
Dateca. 1930
watercolor on ivory
Not on view