Portrait (of Virginia Wright)
Date1974
Maker
Alfred Leslie
American, 1927 - 2023
Label TextThe subject of this portrait, Virginia Wright, is one of the most influential arts patrons in Seattle. Beginning in the 1950s, she boldly collected the art of her day and simultaneously nurtured a growing commitment to contemporary art within the Seattle Art Museum. A glance around the adjacent galleries will reveal the extent to which she has shaped the museum's collection.
Object number2014.25.41
Provenance[Richard Bellamy, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Sept. 17, 1974
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Barbara Flynn Gallery, Alfred Leslie: The Red Paintings, 1973 - 1975, Mar. 18 - July 10, 1992
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4, 1999 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., p. 201, reproduced fig. 19, p. 39.
Seattle, Washington, Bumbershoot Olympic Room, Bumberbiennale: The Portrait Project, Aug. 23 -25, 2002
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, permanent galleries changeover, May 3 - Nov. 30, 2010Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, Relocations: Selected Art Essays and Interviews, 2008, p. 401.
Fairbrother, Trevor. The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 1999; p. 201, reproduced fig. 19, p. 39 [not in exhibition].Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions61 3/4 x 49 5/8 in. (156.8 x 126 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens
ca. 1890-1900
Object number: 69.136
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