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Eugene Edward Speicher

American, 1883-1962

Katharine Cornell as "Candida" — Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883–1962). Katharine Cornell as "Candida", 1925–26. Oil on canvas over wood panel, 84 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (214 x 114.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Julia R. and Estelle L. Foundation, Inc., 1950 (1950:3). © Estate of Edward Eugene Speicher

Katharine Cornell as "Candida" — Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883–1962). Katharine Cornell as "Candida", 1925–26. Oil on canvas over wood panel, 84 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (214 x 114.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Julia R. and Estelle L. Foundation, Inc., 1950 (1950:3). © Estate of Edward Eugene Speicher

Katharine Cornell as "Candida", 1925-1926

oil on canvas over wood panel

support: 84 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (214 x 114.94 cm); framed: 90 1/8 x 51 x 2 inches (228.9175 x 129.54 x 5.08 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Julia R. and Estelle L. Foundation, Inc., 1950

1950:3

Inscriptions:

inscription / back, on wood panel / Eugene Speicher New York City 1925 - 1926

signature / lower right / Eugene Speicher

Provenance:

Albright Art Gallery, 1926-31;
purchased by from Albright Art Gallery by A. Conger Goodyear, New York;
gifted to Miss Katharine Cornell, New York (the sitter);
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938;
purchased from Musuem of Modern Art by Albright Art Gallery, 1950

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Oil painting

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