Mrs. B. W. Clark (Mary Jane Kinney) and Her Brother (Joseph Beeler Kinney?)
Artist
George Caleb Bingham
(American, 1811 - 1879)
Date1874
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 39 7/8 × 30 inches (101.28 × 76.2 cm)
Framed: 45 3/8 × 35 5/8 inches (115.25 × 90.49 cm)
Framed: 45 3/8 × 35 5/8 inches (115.25 × 90.49 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Nellie B. Hussey in memory of her mother
Object number53-56
SignedNone.
InscribedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a woman, left, and man, right, seated on red couch; red curtain at left side. woman in grey-blue, wide-sleeved dress with dark-blue, lace-edged under-sleeves; lase collar; wearing two strands of red beads and matching three-drop earbobs; holds four small red flowers in left hand; mustached man wearing black coat and tie.Published ReferencesFern Helen Rusk, George Caleb Bingham: The Missouri Artist
(Jefferson City, Mo.: Hugh Stephens Co., 1917), 125 (as Portrait
of Son and Daughter of Mr. Kinney); Dorothy Heiderstadt, “Self-
Made Painter of Early Missouri Contributed Much to Historical
Record,” Kansas City Star, 18 February 1950, 12; NAMA 1959,
255; John Francis McDermott, George Caleb Bingham: River Portraitist (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959), 430–31,
433 (as Mrs. B. W. Clark and Brother); E. Maurice Bloch, George
Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press, 1967), 142; E. Maurice Bloch,
George Caleb Bingham: The Evolution of an Artist (Berkeley and
Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967), 236; NAMA
1973, 250; E. Maurice Bloch, The Paintings of George Caleb Bing
ham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Columbia: University of Missouri
Press, 1986), 122, 235.
(Jefferson City, Mo.: Hugh Stephens Co., 1917), 125 (as Portrait
of Son and Daughter of Mr. Kinney); Dorothy Heiderstadt, “Self-
Made Painter of Early Missouri Contributed Much to Historical
Record,” Kansas City Star, 18 February 1950, 12; NAMA 1959,
255; John Francis McDermott, George Caleb Bingham: River Portraitist (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959), 430–31,
433 (as Mrs. B. W. Clark and Brother); E. Maurice Bloch, George
Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press, 1967), 142; E. Maurice Bloch,
George Caleb Bingham: The Evolution of an Artist (Berkeley and
Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967), 236; NAMA
1973, 250; E. Maurice Bloch, The Paintings of George Caleb Bing
ham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Columbia: University of Missouri
Press, 1986), 122, 235.
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