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Ida Rubinstein — Romaine Brooks portrait

Painting

Romaine Brooks's portrait of Ida Rubinstein brings two artistic lives together in one work. The museum record helps establish the painting's context; the image invites a closer look at Brooks's representation of her subject.

Record type: Painting

Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum · 1968.18.10

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