id:			149587
accession number:	1979.16
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.16
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:11.386000

Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce), 1907. Charles Hasslewood Shannon (British, 1863–1937). Oil on canvas; unframed: 116.8 x 87.2 cm (46 x 34 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1979.16

title:				Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce)
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creation date:			1907
creation date earliest:		1907
creation date latest:		1907
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	England, early 20th Century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Charles Hasslewood Shannon (British, 1863–1937)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 116.8 x 87.2 cm (46 x 34 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right: "CHARLES SHANNON 1907."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1979
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sir A. Kay Muir; (Shepherd Gallery, New York)
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wall description:
The subject for this portrait is Miss Kathleen Bruce, later Lady Scott, the widow of Antarctic explorer Sir Robert F. Scott. However, as the picture's original title underlines (Souvenir of an "International Ball"), the identity of the sitter is less important than her treatment as a decorous object. Highlighting the woman in front of a shadowed screen decorated with foliage, Shannon positioned her to ensure her hoop skirt billowed out and filled the large chair. The result is a "bouquet" of fabrics and bows which bursts forth from the real bouquet of flowers nestled upon the woman's lap. Shannon's debt to the Venetian Renaissance painter Titian (about 1489-1576) is evident in the loose brushwork he used to represent realistically the soft material of the dress and to heighten the sense of ornamentation. Although aware of contemporary art movements, he instead preferred to follow the art of previous masters like Titian. He shared this love of older tradition with his living and working partner, Charles Ricketts (1866-1931), as well as with Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), a French-born artist who was an important teacher in Britain.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 93, p. 61, 98
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667

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IMAGES

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