Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple)

1888

The subject of this painting, Marion Deering, was the wife of Charles Deering, a Chicago businessman, an important benefactor of the Art Institute, and Sargent's lifelong friend and patron. Here, he depicted Marion seated with her right arm resting on a chair back. He rendered her face and hand with a high degree of finish. The broader handling of paint in her dress signals his facility with the tactile and expressive possibilities of paint.

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Artist

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Date

1888

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

71.1 × 61 cm (28 × 24 in.)

Origin

United States

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Anonymous loan