View of the Jardin du Luxembourg
Artist
Susan Watkins
(American, 1875 - 1913)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1908
MediumOil on board
Dimensions10 5/8 × 7 5/16 × 1/8 in. (27 × 18.6 × 0.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.1 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right corner.
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.164
Not on view
DescriptionSketch of a monument in park (the Tuilleries).Label TextSusan Watkins American (1875-1913) Untitled (View of the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris), ca. 1908 Oil on board Goldsborough Serpell Bequest 46.76.164 ProvenanceThe artist, Susan Watkins Serpell, bequeathed to her husband, Goldsborough Serpell, 1913; Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1946; Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences transferred to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"The Gentle Modernist: The Art of Susan Watkins," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., May 15, 2002 - March 2003. "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.Published ReferencesJeff Harrison, "The Art of Susan Watkins, 1875-1913," _American Art Review_ XV, No. 1(February 2003): 142-149, color illustration p.147.
