In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
In 1912 Glackens traveled to Paris on behalf of Albert Barnes in search of modern art. Among the leaders of the European avant-garde at that time was Henri Matisse, whose bold experimentations in color and decorative motifs helped inspire this work by Glackens. Seated frontally with hands folded in her lap, a woman turns her head, revealing the full plumage of her fashionable hat. Contrasting color pervades the composition, merging figure and decoration; the russet red hair, boots, and sofa complement her blue eyes, the blue wallpaper, and the accents on her white lace sleeves.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bust of a Woman (Buste de femme)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Young Woman in Blue, Bust (Jeune fem
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bust of Woman in Red (Buste de femme
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