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![]() | Winged Figure 1889 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | ![]() Ownership History: Hillyer Art Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 1889; Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946; Julius H. Weitzner, New York, 1947; sold by him to the Art Institute, 1947. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | William Michael Spartali Stillman ca. 1905-1915 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Virgin Enthroned 1891 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Tiger's Head ca. 1874 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Sisters 1884 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Stevenson Memorial 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Apart from the title, our only clue to the subject of this work is the inscription "VAEA," the name of the mountain in Samoa where Robert Louis Stevenson is buried. Stevenson's poetic tales of men at war with themselves had dazzled Abbott Handerson Thayer, whose own life was marked by exaltation and despair. And, like the Scotsman's most memorable... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Roses 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Roseate Spoonbills, Study For Book Concealing Coloration In The Animal Kingdom ca. 1905-1909 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede) ca. 1881 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Gertrude Bloede was the sister of Abbott Thayers first wife, Kate. The Bloedes were German immigrants who lived in Brooklyn and regularly entertained a circle of intellectuals. Both daughters were highly creative and independent: Kate was an artist, and Gertrude was a noted writer who published her romantic poetry under the pseudonym Stuart Sterne.... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot) 1900-1902 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This is a portrait of the wife of William Brooks Cabot, an accomplished civil engineer in Boston and a close friend of the artists. Abbott Thayer began working on Mrs. Cabots portrait when he was preparing to depart for Cornwall, England. He not only carried the canvas abroad with him, but also took Mrs. Cabots dress so he could refer to it as he... | Unrated | Anonymous |
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