Garden with Monument (Park Monceau)
Artist
Susan Watkins
(American, 1875 - 1913)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1908
MediumOil on board
Dimensions9 7/8 × 7 5/16 × 1/8 in. (25.1 × 18.6 × 0.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: "SUSAN WATKINS"
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.166
Not on view
DescriptionOil sketch on board depicting a garden with monument (Park Monceau). Back ground has two classically styled buildings. Label TextSusan Watkins American, 1875-1913 Garden With Monument (Park Monceau), ca. 1908 Oil on board Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell 46.76.166 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.
