The Necklace
Artist
Susan Watkins
(American, 1875 - 1913)
CultureAmerican
Date1902
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions46 1/8 × 35 3/4 in. (117.2 × 90.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 1/8 × 40 3/4 × 2 in. (129.9 × 103.5 × 5.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 1/8 × 40 3/4 × 2 in. (129.9 × 103.5 × 5.1 cm)
SignedSigned lower right: Susan Watkins 1902
MarkingsStamped on verso of canvas:
TOILES & COULEURS
EXTRA FINES
P.FOINET FI(?) LEFEBVRE
PARIS
(??) NOTRE DAME DES CHAMPS
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2011.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a painting of a woman seated on a white bench in front of a vanity.Label TextSusan Watkins American (1875–1913) The Necklace, 1902 Oil on canvas, 46-1/8 x 35-3/4 inches Museum purchaseProvenanceThe artist, 1902; Mr. Arnold Brunner of New York; Presumably Goldsborough Serpell, Norfolk, Virginia, 1913–1946; Demetrios Grekos, Virginia, 2005; Evan and Carolyn Theodorou, Norfolk and Hopewell, VA, November 2005 to 2011; Museum purchase, Chrysler Musuem of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 2011. Exhibition HistorySalon, Paris, 1902, as "Le Collier" Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, 1902, no. 506. Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1903, no.161. National Academy of Design (Society of American Artists), 1903-1907. Universal Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. Published References_Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture…exposes au Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees_, Pairs, 1902, p, 168, no. 1640; see also Maurice Hamel, _Salons de 1902_, Paris and New York, 1902, p. 19. Peter Hastings Falk, _The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago_, 1888-1950, 1990, p. 932. Peter Hastings Falk, _The Annual Exhibition Record of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts_, 1876-1913, 1989, p. 505. _Official Catalogue of Exhibits_, Department of Art, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, p. 38, no. 822.
