Cecilia Beaux
Mother and Son

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Artist Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)American, 1855–1942

CultureAmerican

Titles

Mother and Son
Mrs. Beauveau Borie and Adolphe Borie

Date1896

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 57 1/4 × 40 in. (145.4 × 101.6 cm)
Frame: 68 1/2 × 52 1/4 × 3 in. (174 × 132.7 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Ann G. Trammell in memory of W. Bryan Trammell, Jr.

Object number2024.996

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

109 Long & Sarofim Gallery

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Beauveau Borie, Philadelphia, 1896-1940; Peter Borie, New York, 1940; [Richard York Gallery, New York]; Amon Carter Museum, 1985; [Christie’s New York, 4 December 2003, lot 53]; Private Collection, US, until 2024; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryAn Exhibition of Paintings by Miss Cecilia Beaux, Boston: St. Boltolph Club and New York: American Art Galleries, November 29 – December 31, 1887, no. 8.

Decennial International Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1890-1900, Paris: Grand Palais, Exposition Universelle de 1900, no. 117.

Exhibition of Paintings by Cecilia Beaux, New York: Academy of Arts and Letters, November 14, 1935 – May 2 1936, no. 10.

Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture, Washington D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, October 6, 1995-January 28, 1996, no. 18.

1900: Art at the Crossroads, London: Royal Academy of Arts and New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, January 16 – April 3, 2000, no. 101.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed lower left corner: Cecilia Beaux

Signed lower left

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