TitleYoung Woman
Artist
Howard Everett Giles
(American, 1876 - 1955)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 44 7/8 × 29 7/8 in.
Framed: 50 1/2 × 35 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Gift of Mrs. Evelyn Carter Giles, 1957
Object number1572-P
Label TextThis painting, which was variously entitled 1914 and The Refugee, presumably was executed in response to the outbreak of World War I in Europe. Originally, its dimensions were forty by thirty inches, but in 1920 or early 1921, Giles enlarged it to its present size in compliance with Jay Hambidge's principles of proportion. On October 15, 1956, before donating this work, the artist's widow wrote the Academy: "I recall his saying that it was the custom for each academician to present one of his works to the permanent collection to the academy, and that he intended at some time to send his painting 'Young Woman' which was awarded second prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition in 1921."
This painting, which was variously entitled 1914 and The Refugee, presumably was executed in response to the outbreak of World War I in Europe. Originally, its dimensions were forty by thirty inches, but in 1920 or early 1921, Giles enlarged it to its present size in compliance with Jay Hambidge's principles of proportion.
On October 15, 1956, before donating this work, the artist's widow wrote the Academy: "I recall his saying that it was the custom for each academician to present one of his works to the permanent collection to the academy, and that he intended at some time to send his painting 'Young Woman' which was awarded second prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition in 1921."
