FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ADELAIDE BREVOORT CLOSE

Creator(s): Underwood & Underwood (Vendor)

On view in: Adam Dressing Room

About this object

This ornately carved and painted wooden frame, with an easel-style backing board covered in brown velevet, contains a black and white signed photograph of Adelaide Brevoort Close, ca. 1935. The image, which appears to have been taken in a photographer's studio, shows Adelaide from bust level seated, leaning back against a chair upholstered in tapestry. She is wearing a dark, v-neck dress with a single strand of pearls; her hair is jaw level and covers her ears. A newspaper fragment stuck to the inside of the backing board shows an advertisement for General Electric radios, listing store addresses in New York, NY.

Object name:

FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ADELAIDE BREVOORT CLOSE

Made from:

Wood -- paper

Made in:

Washington, USA

Date made:

ca. 1935

Size:

40.3 × 32.7 cm (15 7/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

34.99

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE: Underwood & Underwood Copy 1 / Washington, D. C. [Lower right corner of photograph, signed in script] LABEL: Henri Antoville . / Art Galleries / 721 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK / Bet. 63-64 STREETS / Telephone REGENT 4-8610 [inside of easel back, rectangular oblong silver label with black lettering]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973