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Lady Trying on a Hat, (painting). Artist:  Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, painter. Title:  Lady Trying on a Hat, (painting). Other Titles:  Black Hat, (painting). Dates:  1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  40 1/4 x 32 in. (102.2 x 81.3 cm) Inscription:  (Lower left:) F. W. Benson 1904 signed Description:  Three-quarter-length seated portrait of a woman holding a black hat slightly above her head. She wears a white dress and pink fabric is draped across her lap and gathered, with black lace and gold fabric, at her side. She is seated in an interior with a vase of flower on a table at right; a smaller vase at upper left, on top of a bureau; and a picture hanging on the wall at upper right. Subject:  Figure female -- Knee length Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Recreation -- Leisure -- Grooming Architecture interior -- Domestic Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 224 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 References:  "The art of Frank W. Benson, American impressionist," Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum, 1999, fig. 66. "Frank W. Benson: a retrospective," New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1989, no. 22. "Selection VII: American Paintings from the Museum's Collection, c. 1800-1930," Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1977. "Ten American Painters" New York, NY: Spanierman Gallery, 1990, fig. 27. Illustration:  Image on file. "The art of Frank W. Benson, American impressionist," Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum, 1999, pg. 91. "Frank W. Benson: a retrospective," New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1989, no. 22. "Ten American Painters" New York, NY: Spanierman Gallery, 1990, fig. 27. 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 47480077   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 47480077 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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