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Brush, George de Forest,
Literature -- Harte
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Architecture interior -- Detail
Animal -- Bear
Illustration
Painting
Miggles, (painting).
Artist:
Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941, painter.
Title:
Miggles, (painting).
Other Titles:
Girl and Bear, (painting).
Dates:
1880.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
47 3/4 x 74 1/2 in. (121.3 x 189.2 cm).
Inscription:
(Formerly in the back:) GEORGE DE FOREST BRUSH/painted in Paris about 1880 under/his teacher, Jean Leon Gerome, and sold to Wilbur Dixon Ellis unsigned
Description:
Illustration depicting Miggles, a former prostitute reclining on an animal skin rug in her remote cabin, embers glowing fireplace, and her left hand reaching up to stroke the head of her pet grizzly bear Joaquin reclining beside her.
Subject:
Literature -- Harte -- Miggles
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Cottage
Architecture interior -- Detail -- Fireplace
Animal -- Bear
Object Type:
Illustration
Painting
Owner:
Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 West Olney Road (at Mowbray Arch), Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1587 Accession Number: 71.625
Provenance:
Gift of Chrysler, Walter P., Jr.,
Remarks:
Illustration for a scene from "Miggles" by Bret Harte.
References:
"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1975, pg. 103.
Bowditch, Nancy, "George de Forest Brush," Peterborough, New Hampshire, C.1970.
Anderson, Nancy K., "George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2008, pg. 47.
Illustration:
"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1975, pg. 103.
Anderson, Nancy K., "George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2008, pg. 47.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 55450120
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