She stood, a splendid creature, docile, limpid-eyed, a perfect island beauty, with all the charm of Polynesia

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She stood, a splendid creature, docile, limpid-eyed, a perfect island beauty, with all the charm of Polynesia
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

She stood, a splendid creature, docile, limpid-eyed, a perfect island beauty, with all the charm of Polynesia

Date1923
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration Citation"The Son of the Handmaid," by John Russell, in Hearst's International Magazine, March 1923.
MediumInk with reductive markings and graphite on coated board
Dimensionssheet: 14 5/16 × 12 13/16 in. (36.4 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1991
Object number1991-79
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING