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Winged Figure

1889
oil on canvas
130.8 x 95.9 cm (51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

notes
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.
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William Michael Spartali Stillman

ca. 1905-1915
oil on canvas
26 15/16 x 24 9/16 in. (68.5 x 62.4 cm) Other: 27 1/4 x 24 3/4in. (69.2 x 62.9cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Virgin Enthroned

1891
oil on canvas
72 1/2 x 52 1/2 in. (184.3 x 133.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Tiger's Head

ca. 1874
oil on canvas
27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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The Sisters

1884
oil on canvas
54 5/16 x 36 1/4 in. (138 x 92.1 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Stevenson Memorial

1903
oil on canvas
81 5/8 x 60 1/8 in. (207.2 x 152.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
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Roses

1890
oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 31 3/8 in. (56.6 x 79.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Roseate Spoonbills, Study For Book Concealing Coloration In The Animal Kingdom

ca. 1905-1909
oil on paperboard
22 7/8 x 26 1/4 in. (58.2 x 66.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Portrait Of A Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

ca. 1881
oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 14 in. (42.2 x 35.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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....
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Portrait Of A Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot)

1900-1902
oil on canvas
39 x 32 3/8 in. (99.1 x 82.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
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