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Emma Fordyce MacRae (American, 1887-1974) Victoria in White (A Persian Girl), 1936
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000
Sold
$13,000
Live Auction
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Size
40 x 32 in.
Description
Emma Fordyce MacRae

(American, 1887-1974)

Victoria in White (A Persian Girl), 1936

oil on canvas laid to board

signed Emma Fordyce MacRae and dated (upper left); also estate stamped (on the reverse)

40 x 32 in.

Signature
signed Emma Fordyce MacRae and dated (upper left); also estate stamped (on the reverse)
Provenance
Proceeds from the painting's sale will go directly to Alzheimer's Research UK, Britain's leading dementia research charity, and will help fund research on Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia.Provenance:The Artist. The Estate of the Artist. By descent in the Artist's family. Private Collection, United Kingdom.Exhibited:New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, "Emma Fordyce MacRae," November - December 1936.Boston, Boston Arts Club, "Emma Fordyce MacRae," January - February 1937 (illustrated in Boston Globe and Boston Herald).New York, National Academy of Design, "112th Annual Exhibition," March - April, 1937.Montclair, Montclair Art Museum (invitation), 1937.New York, National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, September 1941.Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, n.d.Literature:Edward Alden Jewell, "Academy of Design Opens 112th Show," New York Times, March 13, 1937, pg. 22.