Louise In Mallorca Costume
Artist
Pierre Daura
(American (born Spain), 1896 - 1976)
CultureAmerican | Spanish
Dateca. 1931
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions14 x 8 in. (35.6 x 20.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 29 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (74.3 × 59.1 × 3.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 29 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (74.3 × 59.1 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martha Randolph Daura
Object number97.39.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis watercolor on paper painting depicts the artist's wife, Martha Blair of Richmond. The watercolor shows her dressed in a Majorca (or Mallorca) costume.Label TextPierre Daura American, b. Spain (1896-1976) Louis in Mallorca Costume, ca. 1931 Watercolor on paper, 14 x 8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Martha Randolph Daura 97.39.3 Exhibition History"Pierre Daura: A Retrospective," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, Sept. 7--Nov. 10, 2002. "Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments," Indianapolis University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana, October 3 - December 22, 2014; Georgia Museum of Art, University of GA, Athens, GA, January 24 – March 29, 2015; Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, May 10 – August 1, 2015.Published ReferencesAdelheid Gealt, _Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments_ (Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2014) 53, fig. 40.
