This bust-length portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow demonstrates how Käsebier brought an artistic attitude to even straightforward commercial portrait commissions. Morrow (1880–1940) was a successful author of fiction and nonfiction and a magazine editor. Käsebier’s portrait, while appropriately demure, nonetheless conveys the sitter’s intelligence, energy, and directness, enlivening a formulaic composition through pose, framing, and highlighting. Portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow, c. 1917. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852–1934). Platinum print; image: x cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); pape
This bust-length portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow demonstrates how Käsebier brought an artistic attitude to even straightforward commercial portrait commissions. Morrow (1880–1940) was a successful author of fiction and nonfiction and a magazine editor. Käsebier’s portrait, while appropriately demure, nonetheless conveys the sitter’s intelligence, energy, and directness, enlivening a formulaic composition through pose, framing, and highlighting. Portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow, c. 1917. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852–1934). Platinum print; image: x cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); paper: x cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); primary mount: x cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.); secondary mount: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.).
Size: 2681px × 3400px
Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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