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Artist Arthur B. Carles (American, 1882 - 1952)

Datec. 1921–22

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 18-1/8 x 15 inches (46 x 38.1 cm), frame: 22-1/2 x 19-1/2 x 3/4 inches (57 x 49.4 x 2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer

Object number2019.46

Collections

American

ClassificationsPainting

Object NamePainting

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Twentieth

Exhibition HistoryAn American Place: Selections from the James and Barbara Palmer Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 29–May 1, 2022 "Varied and Untried": Early Twentieth-Century American Paintings from the James and Barbara Palmer Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 13–May 5, 2013 An Intimate Eye: Selections from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer, Palmer Museum of Art, January 18–May 15, 2005ProvenanceThe artist Caroline Carles (daughter of the artist) Mrs. William H. Allen, Philadelphia George A. Allen, Philadelphia Collection of James and Barbara Palmer, acquired in 1989 from John Warren Art Books-Fine Prints, Philadelphia Palmer Museum of Art, bequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer, 2019Published ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), 178 (ill., color). An Intimate Eye (brochure) (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2005), 12 (no. 18). [as "Nude"]