The Three Sisters

Louis (George Louis Robert) Bouché

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Louis Bouché’s portrait of the three Stettheimer sisters—from left to right, Florine, Carrie, and Ettie—evokes the whimsical decorative style and material opulence of their New York apartment, the site of a salon frequented by Bouché, Marcel Duchamp, and other figures of the artistic vanguard. Although he treated forms in a simplified and Cubist manner, Bouché imbued each of his sitters with a unique personality, conveying their eccentricity and independence. Florine was herself a successful artist, Ettie was a writer, and Carrie was a hostess and creator of a dollhouse replica of the Stettheimer home (Museum of the City of New York).

Caption

Louis (George Louis Robert) Bouché American, 1896–1969. The Three Sisters, 1918. Graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured laid paper, sheet: 24 3/16 x 18 7/8 in. (61.4 x 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ettie Stettheimer, 45.121. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 45.121_IMLS_PS4.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

The Three Sisters

Date

1918

Medium

Graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured laid paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 24 3/16 x 18 7/8 in. (61.4 x 47.9 cm)

Signatures

Signed across bottom edge, in graphite: "--THE THREE SISTERS--", "L. BOUCHE" and "1918--"

Credit Line

Gift of Ettie Stettheimer

Accession Number

45.121

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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