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Jane
Elsie Dodge Pattee
American Art
This work characterizes the new approach to the portrait miniature during its twentieth-century renaissance. Unlike the sentimental, private objects of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, revival miniatures functioned as aesthetic objects in their own right. In addition, artists emulated contemporary trends in full-scale oil painting, including loose brushwork and an interest in allover decorative patterns. The Brooklyn Museum led the way in institutional collecting of modern miniatures with the 1931 acquisition of seventeen works; as a result, the Museum’s holdings are especially strong in revival examples.
MEDIUM
Watercolor on porcelain portrait in wooden frame with metal liner under glass
DATES
ca. 1928
DIMENSIONS
Image (sight): 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.1 x 6 cm)
Frame: 4 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (11.9 x 10.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed upper right: "E. D. PATTEE"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
31.760
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Elsie Dodge Pattee (American, 1876–1975). Jane, ca. 1928. Watercolor on porcelain portrait in wooden frame with metal liner under glass, Image (sight): 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.1 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 31.760. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 31.760_bw_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 31.760_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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