Live Auction 18432American Art
Everett Shinn (1876-1953)
Lot 148

Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

The Black Dress

Closed28 October 2020

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USD 18,750

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Everett Shinn (1876-1953)
The Black Dress
signed 'Everett Shinn' (lower left)
pastel on paper
24 ½ x x 18 ¾ in. (62.2 x 47.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1945.

Prince Matchabelli, New York.
Peter Arnold Gallery, Aylesbury, Bucks, England.
Christie's, New York, 10 March 1989, lot 304, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present pastel depicts actress Mary Taylor modeling a Bergdorf Goodman fashion design in Booth's Theater, New York. The work is one of three studies for an oil commissioned by Prince Matchabelli, a luxury goods boutique and perfumery founded by Prince Georges Matchabelli of Russia.