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PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST

Creator(s): Malcolm Rae (Painter)

On view in: Adam Dressing Room


About this object

Portrait of Marjorie Merriweather Post seen bust length, facing full front. She is wearing four ropes of pearls, two short and two long, around her neck. She also wears an off the shoulder black dress with applied bands at the cap of the sleeve embellished with silver thread embroidery, pearls and rhinestones (see 48.95). The background is a dark mottled green. Her hair is short and has a white streak in the front right part.

Object name:
PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Made from:
Oil on canvas
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
1936
Size:
59.7 × 49.5 cm (23 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
51.152
Class:
PAINTING
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE M. Rae [in red] [lower right] INSCRIPTIION MARJORIE POST DAVIES /1936/ M. RAE [on reverse, lower right corner]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973