Portrait of Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose
Artist
Howard Chandler Christy
(American, 1873 - 1952)
Date1929
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 72 x 52 x 2 1/2 inches (182.88 x 132.08 x 6.35 cm)
Framed: 72 x 52 x 2 1/2 inches (182.88 x 132.08 x 6.35 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ella C. Loose
Object number45-70/1
SignedSigned and dated lower left: Howard Chandler Christy / Jan. 1929
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryOrigins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 14, 2021-March 6, 2022.
Commissioned from the artist by Ella Anna Loose (née Clark, 1860-1945), Kansas City, MO, 1929-1945;
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1945.
“Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose Presents a Portrait of Herself to the
Kansas City Art Institute,” [1929], clipping, NAMA curatorial fi les;
“Art Gift by Mrs. Loose,” Kansas City Star, 31 January 1929, 1;
“Nelson-Atkins Gallery Ready for Season,” Kansas City Journal,
24 September 1939, 14; “Mrs. Jacob Loose Dies,” Kansas City
Star, 26 September 1945, 6; “Big Loose Gift,” Kansas City Star,
29 September 1945, 2.
Kansas City Art Institute,” [1929], clipping, NAMA curatorial fi les;
“Art Gift by Mrs. Loose,” Kansas City Star, 31 January 1929, 1;
“Nelson-Atkins Gallery Ready for Season,” Kansas City Journal,
24 September 1939, 14; “Mrs. Jacob Loose Dies,” Kansas City
Star, 26 September 1945, 6; “Big Loose Gift,” Kansas City Star,
29 September 1945, 2.
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