Name/Title
Painting, by Everett ShinnEntry/Object ID
1955.002.071Description
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 BoardCollection
Planting Fields FoundationCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1955.002.071Acquisition Method
PurchaseInscription/Signature/Marks
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Width
22-1/2 inLength
57-1/2 inLocation
Location
Room
Mai Coe's BathroomBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Location
Room
Mai Coe's BathroomBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentMoved By
LegerDate
March 8, 2023Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 26, 2024Inventoried By
LegerInventoried Date
Mar 8, 2023Provenance
Provenance Detail
Donated back to Planting Fields Foundation by an anonymous donor in 2000Notes
Collected By: William Robertson Coe
Made for Mai Coe c. 1920 to be installed in her bathroom.
William Robertson Coe
Planting Fields FoundationCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
September 29, 2006Updated By
intern@plantingfields.orgUpdate Date
July 11, 2024
