Untitled (Seated Woman)

Name/Title

Untitled (Seated Woman)

Entry/Object ID

1993.11.02

Description

A woman is seated in the center of the image, holding something in her hand (presumably a book). She is wearing a long dress with cap sleeves which are ruched, and she is wrapped with some kind of frill/lace. She looks out to the left corner of the room, with just half of her face being visible to the viewer. Her body is turned to face the left side of the room, and her feet are crossed at the base of the chair. The room which she inhabits is quite simply with beige walls, some kind of green box in the right-hand side which looks to be covered with some kind of drapery. The rug which the chair is positioned a top of is a patterned rug. On the floor books and an unidentifiable object lay by her feet. An almost ladder like figure stands in the left-hand side of the image, this figure is unidentifiable, but could be a shadow.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Made/Created

Artist

Arthur L. Pearson

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

bottom right-hand corner

Transcription

Aurther L. Pearson

Material/Technique

Painted, In Artist's Hand

Type

Tag

Location

Hanging from wire

Transcription

painting 1993.11.02 Harr - C14 - B

Material/Technique

Written, Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

36 in

Width

28-3/8 in

Color

Brown, Tan, White, Blue, Red, Black

Provenance

Notes

The artist (1853-1929); by descent to his wife Mrs. Arthur L. Pearson (Mary Howminski, 1870-1931); donated to Purdue University between March 1929 to January 1931