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Thomas Anshutz (1851–1912)

Woman Reading at a Desk

APG 21154D.002

c. 1910

THOMAS POLLACK ANSHUTZ (1851–1912), Woman Reading at a Desk, c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in.

THOMAS ANSHUTZ (1851–1912)
Woman Reading at a Desk, about 1910
Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in.
Signed (at lower right): Thos Anshutz

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THOMAS POLLACK ANSHUTZ (1851–1912), Woman Reading at a Desk, c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in. Showing carved and gilded Regence-style frame.

THOMAS ANSHUTZ (1851–1912)
Woman Reading at a Desk, about 1910
​Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in.
Signed (at lower right): Thos Anshutz

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THOMAS POLLACK ANSHUTZ (1851–1912), Woman Reading at a Desk, c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in. THOMAS POLLACK ANSHUTZ (1851–1912), Woman Reading at a Desk, c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in. Showing carved and gilded Regence-style frame.

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THOMAS ANSHUTZ (1851–1912)
Woman Reading at a Desk, about 1910
Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in.
Signed (at lower right): Thos Anshutz

EX COLL.: The Charlotte Cushman Club, Philadelphia, until 1984; [Taggart, Jorgensen & Putnam, Washington, D.C.]; to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein, Washington, D.C., until 2014

The present painting may depict Rebecca Whelan, one of the artist’s students and daughter of Henry Whelan, the Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy, who served that institution from 1886 until his death in 1907. Anshutz's association with the Academy, and with Whelan, spanned his lifetime, from his student years through those of Instructor and Dean of Faculty. Rebecca Whelan was among Anshutz's favorite models, posing for at least five major oils and two pastels, each executed between 1905 and 1910, including A Rose (1908; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

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