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Louise Tiffany Reading

1888
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 758
Here Tiffany depicted his second wife, Louise, reading on a chaise in his top-floor studio at the 72nd Street and Madison Avenue house, with clusters of three columns and a grand piano in the background. Tufted upholstery in a deep green with gray-blue and greenish yellow velvet pillows are sumptuously rendered in this delicate pastel, a medium that displays Tiffany's dexterity as an artist.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Louise Tiffany Reading
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Date: 1888
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Pastel on tan paper
  • Dimensions: 20 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (52.1 × 76.8 cm)
    Framed (N.A.2004.23): 31 7/8 in. × 41 1/8 in. × 2 in. (81 × 104.5 × 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of the family of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.606
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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