Jeune fille blonde cousant (Young blonde girl sewing)

by nrf@admin | Jan 3, 2024

Renoir’s painting of a young girl engaged in needlework is the preparatory study for a much larger and more finished portrait. 

Doris Duke bought it in 1959 at auction from the collection of Thelma Chrysler Foy, another collector and social acquaintance. 

19th-century watercolor showing John Goddard’s house and workshop

by nrf@admin | Jan 3, 2024

This watercolor depicts renowned cabinetmaker John Goddard’s house in the Point neighborhood of Newport, RI. The composition includes two houses and dock scene with beach. Written in pencil script, bottom right corner: Old Newport houses, 1865. In bottom left corner, in pencil: S.C.