A Delightful Evening

A smiling woman with pale golden hair gazes out from a soft pastel portrait, her face lit with warmth against a blue fur-trimmed collar. Feathery, blended strokes of blue, pink and tan build the figure over a warm brown ground, giving a dreamy, unfinished quality.

Artist

Alice Pike Barney

Date

ca. 1906

Medium

pastel on fiberboard

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

1900 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum