Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Madame Benda Simone (?)
Object Number:
1990.1.53
Date:
1924
Medium:
Graphite on card with printed verso
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 12.4 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm HWalker / 1924"
inscriptions: lower right: "[illegible] / Mme. SIMONE / FRENCH ACTRESS"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker / 1924 / Mme. SIMONE / FRENCH ACTRESS"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Simone"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
An inscription identifies the subject as a French actress. However, Madame Benda Simone (1877-1967?) was apparently an author. See "Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: A Supplement" (Metuchen, 1988).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
