Live Auction 2539Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Including the Collection of Dr. Mark and Irene Kauffman
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Lot 196 SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)

Betty Reynolds

Closed1 March 2012

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Betty Reynolds
inscribed by another hand 'Thomas Eakins' (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1903.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charles Bregler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1961.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1966.
Gift to the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

Elizabeth Reynolds was the daughter of Mrs. Thomas Eakins's cousin, Col. Alfred Reynolds. Eakins depicted her in the present work at approximately age fourteen. She attended Hollins College in Virginia and enlisted as a Red Cross nurse during World War I.