A mixed media portrait of a standing woman, from about the waist up. The woman’s body faces to our right, with her head turned to look at us in a three-quarter view. Her light skin has a yellowish tinge. She has short waved light brown hair parted on the side and curled over her ears. She regards us with a cool expression: her thin eyebrows are arched over heavy-lidded pale blue eyes and her dark-red lips are set in a thin line. She wears a double strand of golden brown pearls and an elegant, draping dress or shawl in shades of deep blue and gold, patterned with a mix of geometric designs: waves, starburst flowers, speckles, and thin lines. The shawl is knotted around her shoulders; her right arm appears to be completely concealed by the garment. The background is mosaic-like, filled with crackled ivory-colored rectangles, shaded with warm brown dots around the edges of the painting. The upper right corner is brightest, shading into the darkest lower left corner, such that the woman’s face is highlighted.

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Portrait of Hattie Carnegie, ca. 1925

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Private Collection as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated ca. 1925. Its medium is mixed media on panel.

Hattie Carnegie became one of the most successful boutique purveyors of fashion and accessories in New York during the 1920s. French enamelist Jean Dunand produced portraits of many prominant figures in 1920s society across arts and cultures, also including Madeleine Vionnet, Josephine Baker, and Florence Blumenthal.

It is credited Private Collection.

Door With Handle (France), 1925–26
carved, joined, and lacquered wood, eggshell, mother-of-pearl, gold leaf,....
Gift of Mrs. Solomon R. Guggenheim.
1950-104-2

A large rectangular portrait of Myron Herrick rendered in oil paint on canvas. He is seated on a chair that is angled to the left and he is on an angle to the right where he is facing the viewer. His torso is right of center and his legs are left of center. He is dressed in black and white formal attire with a bright red sash on a diagonal peeking out above his vest on the left with medals affixed on the right side flowing from under his jacket. HIs open right hand is resting comfortably on his right leg while his left hand is closed in a fist resting on his left left. The background is painted in blacks and browns in a painterly style. The painting is encased by a giltwood frame with egg-and-dart, vegetal, and rocaille decoration.

Portrait of Myron Herrick, ca. 1922
oil on canvas.
Lent by Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, The Greater....
75.2016.1

Here we have an elegant, pyramid-like perfume bottle with black glass enamel and accented gold gilding placed on a small, square black tray. The four sloping, black enamel sides emerge from the upright, low, gilded base. On the shiny black enamel is an intricate gold floral bouquet decoration with leaves, rose, and foliage forms. Around the top neck are two thin rolls of gold gilding that widen toward the cap. The cap is a unique pyramid shape with four pointed corners and is also gilded. Accompanying the perfume bottle is a square, gold box with a slanted top and cursive inscription [Hattie Carnegie].

Object ID #1108722045
gilded and enameled glass.
Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
69.2016.7

Its dimensions are

H x W (framed): 94.5 × 69.7 × 3.3 cm (37 3/16 × 27 7/16 × 1 5/16 in.) H x W (unframed): 79.4 × 54.6 cm (31 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oahCc/
Accession Number 50.2016.1
Object ID 907131611