Artist
Unknown American
Artist
Helen Cruikshank DavisAmerican, 1889–1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Portrait of Dorothy Dawes (Mrs. James H. Chillman, Jr., 1895–1968)
Date1926
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsFrame (outer): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 1/2 in. (14 × 11.4 × 1.3 cm)
Frame (inner): 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm)
Frame (inner): 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Helen Chillman
Object numberB.2015.16
Not on view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
ProvenanceDorothy Dawes Chillman, Houston; by descent to Helen Chillman; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History4th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1928
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in pen, on index card affixed to mat, center: Portrait of Dorothy Dawes Chillman c. 1924 / (Mrs. James Chillman Jr.) / by Louise Crittenden (?) / Houston artist / / DDC friend & asst. to Ima Hogg in developing Bayou Bend collection of Museum of Fine Arts of Houston / DDC 1895–1968
Verso: Label on frame, bottom center: Mr. Helen Chillman / 407 Whitney Ave Apt. 8 / New Haven, CT 06511
[no inscription on miniature]
Verso: Label on frame, bottom center: Mr. Helen Chillman / 407 Whitney Ave Apt. 8 / New Haven, CT 06511
[no inscription on miniature]
Signed and dated: H. CRUIKSHANK DAVIS 1926
[no marks]
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