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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3/8 x 3/8 in. (1 x 1 cm), framed: 9/16 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/198
Unknown, Eye Miniature (verso), early 20th century, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3/8 x 3/8 in. (1 x 1 cm), framed: 9/16 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/198
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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century

Artist Unknown (English)
Title Eye Miniature
Object Date early 20th century
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Vermeil setting surrounded by foil-backed red cut stones mounted on a gold ring
Dimensions Sight: 3/8 x 3/8 in. (1 x 1 cm)
Framed: 9/16 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/198

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4112

Citation

Chicago:

Maggie Keenan, “Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century,” documentation in Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Blythe Sobol, and Maggie Keenan, The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, vol. 1, ed. Aimee Marcereau DeGalan (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2024), https://doi.org/10.37764/8322.5.4112.

MLA:

Keenan, Maggie. “Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century,” documentation. Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Blythe Sobol, and Maggie Keenan. The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 1500–1850: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, edited by Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, vol. 1, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2024. doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4112.

Catalogue Entry

Read more about this object at the associated catalogue entry.

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

References

Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 220, p. 72, (repro.), as Eye Miniature.

Elle Shushan, ed., Lover’s Eyes: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection (London: D. Giles, 2021), 82, 84.

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Unknown, Eye Miniature, early 20th century, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3/8 x 3/8 in. (1 x 1 cm), framed: 9/16 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/198
Unknown, Eye Miniature (verso), early 20th century, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3/8 x 3/8 in. (1 x 1 cm), framed: 9/16 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 1.4 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/198
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