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Maker(s):Williams, Mary Rogers
Culture:American (1857 - 1907)
Title:Marion Tyler [sic]
Date Made:1907
Type:Drawing
Materials:pastel on blue flocked paper laid down on paperboard
Place Made:France; Paris
Measurements:sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.; 30.6388 x 23.0188 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed and dated in pencil at lower right: M. R. Williams 1907, inscribed in pencil at lower right verso board: Portrait - Marion Tyler / Mary R. Williams, Artist. / Paris 1907
Accession Number:  SC 1911.7.1
Credit Line:Gift of the sisters of Mary Rogers Williams
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
woman in white dress; portrait; woman; female

Label Text:
This pastel portrait was one of Mary Rogers Williams’s last works. She considered it a success, remarking while she was working on it that she was “getting something really charming.” In 1907, the Tyler sisters, Marian and Emma, visited Williams at her studio in Paris. Williams regarded Emma, a Smith alumna, as “the brightest, drollest girl I’ve ever met.” She became friends with the young women and made this pastel sketch for her own amusement. She kept it in her Paris studio, where it remained until she died. 

Tags:
women; portraits

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