Anna Timora / The documented archive
Natalie at Seven
painting
Alice Pike Barney painted Natalie as a child. The portrait preserves an artist-mother's representation of her daughter, not a transparent account of the child's thoughts. Look at the choices Alice made in presenting her.
Record type: painting
Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum · 1951.14.73
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