Woman in Red
Artist
Hughie Lee-Smith
(American, 1915 - 1999)
Date1970
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 28 × 20 1/8 inches (71.12 × 51.12 cm)
Framed: 34 × 26 1/8 inches (86.36 × 66.36 cm)
Framed: 34 × 26 1/8 inches (86.36 × 66.36 cm)
Credit LineGift of James and Virginia Moffett
Object number2021.35.2
SignedBlack fluid est. paint, lower right: “Lee-Smith” /1970
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DescriptionThis oil painting features a lone female figure in the foreground of the composition facing the viewer’s left. Her hands are clutched together and she walks along a non-descript path. The subject of the work is dressed in a pink, long-sleeved dress with a knee-length skirt featuring pleats and folds of fabric. The background features suggestions of foliage and plants as well as a concrete wall. Beyond the wall, at the right side of the painting, the artist has rendered industrial architecture. This pink-hued building is reminiscent of factories and power plants. The sky is full of grey-tinted hues of blue with a large singular cloud just above the figure’s head.ProvenancePurchased from Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021.
Copyright© Estate of Hughie Lee-Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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