Painting, by Everett Shinn

Name/Title

Painting, by Everett Shinn

Entry/Object ID

1955.002.071

Description

Large rococo style oil painting by Everett Shinn titled "Ladies on a Swing", originally installed in Mai's bathroom. Composition is of a lush green forest scene. Three ladies in 18th Century period clothing all swing from one swing, depicted in motion. Man in a white wig, with red cape, black face mask, and white stockings spies unnoticed to the left. Statuary in background, and foreground, along with basket of flowers and blue blanket. Painted blue satin curtain trimmed with gold fringe and tassels frames the scene on top and halfway down along the sides where it falls.

Artwork Details

Medium

Painting: Oil on Canvas Mounted to Board, Oil on Canvas Mounted to Board

Collection

Planting Fields Foundation

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1955.002.071

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Everett Shinn

Date made

circa 1920

Place

Location

New York, U.S.A.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Lower Right

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

22-1/2 in

Length

57-1/2 in

Location

Location

Room

Mai Coe's Bathroom

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Date

August 16, 2023

Location

Room

Mai Coe's Bathroom

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Leger

Date

March 8, 2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

Mar 8, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 29, 2006

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donated back to Planting Fields Foundation by an anonymous donor in 2000

Notes

Collected By: William Robertson Coe Made for Mai Coe c. 1920 to be installed in her bathroom. William Robertson Coe Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 29, 2006

Updated By

intern@plantingfields.org

Update Date

July 11, 2024