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The Evening Dress

before 1926
Not on view
Like many of his contemporaries, Dewing often depicted idealized women, but he invented the refined feminine type depicted in this drawing. In 1902, critic Sadakichi Hartmann wrote that Dewing aimed "to represent beautiful ladies, mostly mature women of thirty … [who] seem to possess large fortunes and no inclination for any professional work. …They all have a dream-like tendency, and though absolutely modern, are something quite different from what we generally understand by modern women."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Evening Dress
  • Artist: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)
  • Date: before 1926
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Pastel on brown paper cardboard
  • Dimensions: Sight: 14 1/4 x 11 in. (36.2 x 27.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.157
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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Portrait of a Woman, Thomas Wilmer Dewing American, Silverpoint on paper, mounted on pulp board, American
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Green and Gold, Thomas Wilmer Dewing American, Oil on canvas, American
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