TitleThe Empire Coat
Artist
Aaron Shikler
(1922 - 2015)
Date1959
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 35 × 25 in.
Framed: 42 1/4 × 32 × 1 5/8 in.
SignedSigned at lower left: ***
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Gift of David Daniels, 1991
Object number1991.48
Label TextThe former owner of this painting has stated that it is a portrait of Claire White, wife of a grandson of the architect Stanford White. When it was shown in the Academy's annual exhibition in 1960, it won the Proctor Prize.
