Art Image Details
Patricia Ryan Nixon
| Title: | Patricia Ryan Nixon |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Wyeth, Henriette |
| Date of Work: | 1978 |
| Medium/Support: | oil on canvas |
| Measurements: | 45 7/8 x 36 in (116.5 x 91.4 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed |
| Inscription Location: | lower right |
| Inscription Text: | Henriette Wyeth |
| Acquisition Information: | Gift of the White House Historical Association |
| Acquisition Number: | 981.1472.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
"The brilliant [white hibiscus] bloom serves as a foil to the composed, opalescent countenance of the former First Lady. ". . . The iridescent palette was suggested by Patricia Nixon's aquamarine brocade dress, touched with violet and white. Placed against a thinly brushed veil of pale grays, sparing pinks, aqua, and turquoise, the figure emerges from an indefinite space, a creation of light from light. But the head is given volume and presence by the darker ground behind it and the shadow that passes over the proper left side of her face." |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 275 |
| People: | Nixon, Pat |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection, Images of First Ladies |
| Type: | portraits |
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