Mary: Portrait of the Artist's Daughter

Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer American, 1849 - 1921

Designer Stanford White American, 1853 - 1906

Date1894 (reworked 1902)

Place of OriginUnited States of America

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsStretcher: 24 × 22 1/16 in. (61 × 56 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 38 × 39 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (96.5 × 101 × 13.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde

Object number1971.46

On View

On view

Collections

American Paintings & Sculpture

SignedSigned LR: " Abbott Thayer."

Markings1013.90 previous acc. # on frame & stretcher.

DescriptionFrame design by Stanford White who did several designs for Thayer's work. White's designs were made by several NY firms including E. A. Milch, from whom this painting was purchased by the Hydes. Other makers include Oscar Rudolph, Wirth and Fyfe and Joseph and Alexander Cabus (successors to the cabinetmakers Kimbell and Cabus?).Exhibition History"Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Abbott Handerson Thayer," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 20-April 30, 1922.

"Abbott Handerson Thayer," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, Sept. 17, 1982-Nov. 7, 1982; National Academy of Design, Dec. 10, 1982-jan. 23, 1983; Currier Gallery of Art, Feb. 18-April 3, 1983.

"Transcendent Universe: The Paintings of Abbott Handerson Thayer," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, February 11-April 14, 1996.

"Stanford White and Louis Comfort Tiffany and Their Circle," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY, Sept. 24, 1998 - Jan. 3, 1999.

"Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Apr. 27- July 27, 2003.Provenanceuntil 1921, Dublin, NH, Family of Abbott Handerson Thayer
1921, John Gellatly, (a friend of the artist and collector of his works)
New York, NY, E. & A. Milch Company, Inc.,
1922; Glens Falls, NY, Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Charlotte P. Hyde)