Details
Theodore Robinson (1852-1896)
Girl in a Red Dress
signed and dated 'T. Robinson/Paris '85' (upper left)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
image, 5 x 13¼ in. (12.7 x 33.7 cm.);
overall, 8⅝ x 13¼ (21.9 x 33.7 cm.)
Executed in 1885.
Provenance
John F. Braun.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan.
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, Huntington Woods, Michigan.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 18 October 1972, lot 24, sold by the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
J.I.H. Baur, Theodore Robinson, 1852-1896, Brooklyn, New York, 1946, p. 84, no. 304 (as Lady in Red).
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Theodore Robinson, American Impressionist (1852-1896), exhibition catalogue, New York, 1966, p. 11 (as Lady in Red).
M. Tsaneva, Theodore Robinson: 112 Masterpieces, 2014, n.p., illustrated (as Lady in Red).
Exhibited
Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Museum, Romantic America, January 8-February 5, 1961.
Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, American Painting, 1860-1960, February 1961.
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, American Paintings and Drawings from Michigan Collections, April 10-May 6, 1962, p. 8, no. 92.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art; Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Theodore Robinson, 1852-1896, May 1, 1973-February 24, 1974, p. 8, no. 7, illustrated.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art; Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Museum of Art; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny, October 17, 2004-September 4, 2005, p. 144, no. 35, illustrated (as Lady in Red).
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This watercolor is the earliest known image of the artist's companion and favorite model, Marie. A nearly identical oil version titled Head of a Girl, Giverny (Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long) repeats the composition with slight variations in detail.

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